Yeah like 3-4 hours @ 285 a mile and a half back in a cave is a big dive.
(Now ducking & running for cover)

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Jess Armantrout [mailto:armantrout@mc*.co*]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 2:21 PM
To: Kevin Connell; Scott Landon
Cc: cavers@cavers.com
Subject: RE: another stupid question..LOL


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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