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FAILURE POINT - how tough is that for you guys to understand? Go diving like we do, you will suddendly understand this. Only a total idiot would fuse something like this, and there is no possiblilty of shorting out in a proper light. If it did short out, the wires instantly burn off, as they do on a scooter, or anything else. You guys realy need to see a Gavin light, and save yourselves a ton of bullshit. On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Anthony DeBoer <adb@he*.re*.or*> wrote: >One of the usual forgers wrote: >>>They still have the fuse in there, causing the usual >>>problems and leaving me to suggest that nobody actually >>>go into a cave with this light. > >Speaking of such fuses, an interesting story came across my desk today. >Apparently a couple of gentlemen were out catching frogs one day, and as >it started getting dark and they got back into their pickup truck they >found the headlights weren't working. Turned out the cause was the fuse, >and you can't put in a penny like you can with house fuses. The one >thing they had that would do the job nicely was a .22 round, and they >made 20 miles with the thing before the primer cooked off, firing it >through the driver's right testicle. Between that and the sudden >darkness, it was probably quite understandable that he put it into the >trees. Further injuries were relatively minor, but the kicker was that >when the sheriff's deputy reported the incident to the man's wife, her >main concerns were how many frogs did they get, and did anyone remember >to retrieve the bucket from the truck. > >Getting back to fuses in dive lights, have there been any cases of loss >of light due to the fuse falling out or the fuse holder corroding or >whatever? Seems to me that if you size the fuse right, it's not going to >pop unless something shorts out, in which case you'd be going to a >secondary light real soon anyway, and at least it'll save the wiring and >the battery from meltdown and leave you with a light you can fix for the >next dive. Can somebody enumerate the "usual problems" alluded to in >that message? > >-- >Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/ >adb@he*.re*.or* (here) >adb@ge*.co* (work) #include "std.disclaimer" >-- >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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