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At 05:54 AM 9/18/96 -0700, you wrote: >I have been diving the same two sl 4's on every dive I make(they never >come off my pack, for the last 3 years. The only maintance is change of >bulb and change batteries. They have been in excess of 400 and in the >270 range a lot and of course on a lot of cave dives. >Tom Mount I have 2 SL4's as well, and have made plenty of working dives on them as many of the caves I dive are too small or too sumps too far in, to make carrying a large light feasable. I have had problems with the batteries making contact in the housings, the brass strip that connects with the bulb tends to get bent up and not make a connection. I havent had switch problems yet, but anticipate it. They are decent lights, but I would suggest one of the lights with twist-on activation. The switch is a definite failure point. Jason Richards NSS/CDS 41539 rchrds@ho*.co*.ed* See the "Click a Cave!" http://holly.colostate.edu/~rchrds
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