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Hi Brian,
I got part way through making some LED dive lights
by modifying some $20- lights I bought off "Deal Extreme".
900 lumen & free freight. They operate off
around 4 volts, so I'm going to link them in 3s to operate off 12 volts. They
have O rings at every join
& are made of a fairly thick aluminum. I cut
the body down & pushed a hose fitting in the end, then soldered in
wiring & put on a tube, ready to oil
compensate. The LEDs in general take tremendous
pressure, I believe a similar oil compensated system went down 10
kilometers.
Regards Alan
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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:30
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] instant dive
light
HI All,
I was pricing dive lights for the upcoming lobster season and was floored by
the outragous prices they charge for those things. So I decided to take
my 6 cell mag light, which has a xenon bulb in it, and fill the entire thing
full of mineral oil. The mag lights have O rings at all the critical
points of seperation of the different segments of the light. I'm going
to be dropping it down to 40' today to see if the bulb can take the
pressure. If not then I'll most likely go to an LED mag light.
Brian
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