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On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, "Paul W. Smith" <afn20573@af*.or*> wrote:
>Re: flooded light housings-
> Sheck Exley imploded so many cylindrical light housings on his early
>deep record dives that he decided to try one filled with water (at least
>I think it was water) to begin with.
>Seems the small amount of air inside the batteries still created a problem.
>The filled light imploded at about 860 ft.
Paul, maybe you can tell us about your engineering background? If the small
amount of air in the bateries causes a problem with a cannister light filled
with water, how about the square dive rite? The fact is that the dive
rite uses the batteries as a bulkhead. Why don't you check with the battery
manufacturer and see what they say bout this rather than spouting out your
nonsense about Exley? You have no idea what you are talking about, and
again are offering your "folksey" , misinformed, red neck crap as if
you know what you are are talking about. We in the cave diving community
are well aware that you do not. You do not do any real cave diving, and
we all know it.
>
>He solved the problem quite neatly with a Dive-Rite Neutralite which was
>modified by the addition of a thin sheath of aluminum inside the housing.
>Dive-Rite tested this light to over 1000 fsw in a test chamber and it
>worked flawlessly on the 860 ft. dive at Bushmansgat.
> This is total bullshit. The deeper you go, this dimmer the light
gets. Putting another piece of material inside the housing just prevents
the housing from breaking, but still presses against the batteries.
>PS- All this hype about Dive-Rite lights being inferior is more a
>reflection of someone's neurotic desire to discredit the folks at
>Dive-Rite than an accurate assesment based on fact. .. Paul Smith
>
I guess there are a lot of neurotic engineers out there, Paul.
By the way, did you even go to high school? The folks at dive rite
need no help in discrediting themselves. They have been doing a fine
job of that for twelve years. And now you are helping do more of the
same by insisting on this nonsense. Dive Rite need to start listening
to the people that do the real diving. - George Irvine
> "Just the facts, Ma'am." - Joe Friday
Paul , try some of your own advice.
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