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Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 12:28:36 -0700
To: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@mc*.co*>,
     Scott Landon
From: "Kevin Connell" <kevin@nw*.co*>
Subject: RE: another stupid question..LOL
Cc: cavers@cavers.com
Come here and try to use one.

At 02:21 PM 5/8/2000 -0500, Jess Armantrout wrote:
>really?  I had no problem at all on my last weenie dive.
>
>go ahead...ask me about my weenie dive.
>
>Trout
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Connell [mailto:kevin@nw*.co*]
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:34 PM
> > To: Scott Landon
> > Cc: cavers@cavers.com
> > Subject: RE: another stupid question..LOL
> >
> >
> > At 10:38 AM 5/8/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> > >finally, the correct answer.  trout gets the prize.  if any of you have
> > >not seen one of these bad boys in action, you really should.
> > the Extreme
> > >Exposure HID light makes a 50W BRL look like a candle - a little
> > >candle.  it solves the problem that jeff disler has diving sumps by
> > >increasing burn time by ~3-4 times.  what i cannot understand is that it
> > >seems to cut right through the bad water.  we noticed this at
> > wakulla two
> > >weekends ago.  the vis was dropping on us, but the HID lights cut right
> > >through compared to the BRL 50W bulbs.  barry miller has really trimmed
> > >down the ballast box to make this thing a dream.  if you are in
> > the market
> > >for a new light, this is the only way to go.  if you already
> > have a light,
> > >barry does upgrades.  he will put in EO connectors, so you can
> > carry your
> > >original light socket and bulb in your pocket.  talk about
> > >redundancy.  you can show up at the dive site and do 2, 3 or
> > even 4 dives
> > >on one set of batteries.  no more buying extra sets of
> > batteries.  no more
> > >worrying about damaging your pack by draining it down too low.
> > this would
> > >be awesome for the wreck divers as you can take a tiny battery pack and
> > >still get all the light you need for the weekend.
> >
> > EO Connecters DO NOT WORK WELL with HID lights.  I
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >   Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
> >
> >   NW Labor Systems, Inc
> >   http://www.nwls.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> >


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  Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>

  NW Labor Systems, Inc
  http://www.nwls.com



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