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John, you do not know whit about underwater lights, and it realy shows, but as with everything else, this does not stop you from dispensing advice. The last thing you want in this application is a magnetic switch - when you figure out why, you wil have made the fist step towards understnading the reality of the situtation, the antithesis of everything that comes out of your mouth. All of these problems have been worked out perfectly , but why do it right ? On Wed, 25 Sep 96, John 015 <CC015012@BR*.br*.ed*> wrote: >>Posted on 24 Sep 1996 at 20:41:35 by Aaron R. Kerestan > >>I have been looking around the Internet lately and >>have found some information on building your own dive lights. >>A good dive light is something that I could use, I do not have the >>money purchase a very powerful one, but I do have access to all the >>facilities to build one. > >If you have the time, tools and materials this can be a fun >project. I suggest you look closely at well regarded commercial >lights and also the DIY web sites to get both ideas and the names >of parts suppliers. > >>--I have not found a source for a watertight switch, I know Dacor has >>some, but I cannot find the part supplier that will sell them to me. > >You can do this with a magnetic switch without having to compromise >the integrity of the battery or light-head compartment with another >through port. > > >If you are in a hurry to test your ideas you should be able >to get some RG-8/U or RG-214 coax for just about free at a >local hamfest. It's 13 AWG and it takes compression well. > >Regards, >John >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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