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Old 02-19-09 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Underbridge
Sure. It's telling you that it has precision that's good enough to about 1-2%. At 10mph it can give you tenths, but can't pull that off at higher speeds. Basically, it's being honest about its precision rather than giving you an extra digit that isn't real.

I mean, they could give you 10 digits, but it wouldn't mean much.

Not knowing how your particular model works, it's harder to say why it specifically is having such problems. Generally, computers that have integration averaging should get a bit more accurate at moderate speeds, since it has more wheel revolutions to divide the error over.
This makes sense only if the computer does not sense every pass of the magnet at higher speeds. It would then correct for this by throwing out very short term low speed readings in the middle of sustained high speed readings. Is this true?
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