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From: "David Shimell (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
To: Lawrence Orchard-London <lorchard@Ru*.co*>, jugrnot@qn*.co*,
     cavers@cavers.com, techdiver@aq*.co*
Subject: RE: Another Canister light Question, My last one i hope
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:03:11 +0100
Lawrence

(Hi, I hope things are well with you.)

I am normally based in the UK and confirm that Barry Miller's lights are
excellent.  I have a acrylic (clear) canister and it has served me well over
the last 2 years.  I had an early on/off switch boot failure which Barry
rapidly resolved to my entire satisfaction.  So I would like to endorse
Lawrence's comments that Barry's customer service is excellent.

The only modification I have made to the light is that I found the shrink
tubing on the cord at the canister head tended to split on the water tight
connection nut.  This caused the strain relief function of this shrink wrap
to become less effective.  I have found that a cut-down (to about 2")
plastic hose protector over the shrink tubing and nut works well to provide
a more progressive strain relief in combination with the existing shrink
wrap.

David Shimell
Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Sandton, South Africa.
Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> 

-----Original Message-----
From:	Lawrence Orchard-London [SMTP:lorchard@Ru*.co*]
Sent:	Monday, April 05, 1999 9:51 AM
To:	jugrnot@qn*.co*; cavers@cavers.com; techdiver@aq*.co*
Subject:	RE: Another Canister light Question,  My last one i hope 

OK, here goes. This is based on an clear acrylic AUL Spectrum 14 I owned for
2 years and the black delryn EE14 I own now. I have some friends who have
the acrylic EE14 as well.

Starting with the light head, the main body appears the same. Main
differences is that the adjuster screw is on a lateral plane on the EE,
vertical on the AUL. The EE has the inner light unit machined with a ridge
that prevents you accidentally pulling the test tube assembly right out of
the light head. If you undo the screw far enough you can still remove it.

Moving on to the cable, it is thicker than on the AUL, so more durable yet
less flexible. Also my old AUL didnt have shrink tubing at either end as a
strain relief, the EE does. On the AUL the switch in the lid is central with
the cable offset. With the EE it is the other way round, cable central
switch offset.

The AUL has a captured / receessed o ring in addition to a facing o ring in
the lid the EE only has the facing one. The AUL has 3 latches, as opposed to
2 for the EE. Inside the light, the EE has a slot in the bottom and banana
plug connectors from the lid to the battery and thus has no moving wire
parts. This is why I went for the EE in the end, since after 2 years the
wires broke on my AUL, and my buddy had an EE so for compatibilities sake, I
got one as well.

I think the batteries are the same in both cases, the AUL had the two
batteries taped and glued together, whilst the EE has a bulk head in between
the batteries keeping internal movement to the minimum.

The acrylic one is for cave diving and the black one for wreck diving since
you can drop it without it breaking, with the acrylic AUL this was a fear I
always had when on a dive boat.

This is all based on an old AUL light so I dont know what they might have
changed over the past years.

Lastly we had some problems, my buddy and I, with our EE lights where they
both leaked a little on the same dive, the solution it would seem for wreck
diving with the EE is to buy the black canister with the acrylic lid. The
delryn lid is more flexible and can bow slightly which we believe may have
led to the leak in cold conditions (4C). Anyway lastly but most importantly,
customer service from EE is brilliant, for me based in the UK this is
imperative when buying US based goods. They are sending us replacement
acrylic lids to try out shortly.

Hope this helps

Best regards
Lawrence.

-----Original Message-----
From: jugrnot@qn*.co* [mailto:jugrnot@qn*.co*]
Sent: 05 April 1999 03:09
To: cavers@cavers.com; techdiver@aq*.co*
Cc: cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Another Canister light Question, My last one i hope 


hey Everyone,

One more QUestion on lights.  If i want a Clear light from EE, will it be
just like the AUL light.  I have heard that the Clear EE lights are almost
the same as AUL.  and What is the advantage of the black vs. the clear.
Personaly i think clear would make a better light due to you can see what
the prob is u/w if it is flooded or loss wire etc.  or is this just wishfull
thinking.  Also what is the difference if any of the AUL batt and the EE
batt?  Ok i think this is my last Question on the lights will also let you
all know what light i deside to get.

Thanks for everything,
Aaron
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