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>Posted on 25 Nov 1995 at 16:03:36 by Marc Dufour > Well... You'll expose the inner components to a higher pressure, >and risk having them explode when the pressure decreases. Cousteau >had more than one camera blow up in his face when he used to >pressurize his camera cases at depth. > >Also, some pressure could conceivably make it's way into the bulb >compartment, though the cable (water got into the bulb that way in >one of my friend's homebuilt lamp - most of my friends are making >their own lights). I dunno about bulbs, but having already a vacuum >inside them, I wonder how keen they'd be to have to bear a few extra >atmospheres before imploding... Long time ago I dove with a Fenzy horsecollar BC. It had a integral bail-out bottle (0.5l/200 bar). One season the lp. fed power inflator failed and in a pinch I removed the inflator and inserted a automotive light bulb in the large bore hose. I gently tightend the hose clamp and found myself using that setup for about six months without incident to about 130 feet or so. john
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