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There I was, finally in the warm clear waters of Peacock and on my way back
from Olsen to Peacock one when my Neutralite decides to pack it in. I had
been looking forward to this dive for some time since I rarely get the
opportunity to cave dive other than in the cold sumps of the Northeast. Being
used to low visibility and small lights I pulled out one of my backups and we
completed the dive without further incident. When I got out of the water I
discovered that the fuse in my Neutralite 24, yes the one with the square
battery, had blown. I found this strange since I knew that I had not fully
screwed down the headpiece on the actuator handle. I replace the fuse and the
light returned to life. I then turned it off and set the head piece down to
work on some other gear. I picked it up a few minutes later and the handle
was hot. The light still worked but I could smell the faint odor of burning
wire's. I took the hint and borrowed an other light for the next dive. The
element of this episode that surprised me was that the fuse did not fail when
the light handle began to fry. To add further insult to our efforts my dive
partners Mr 16 neutralite head piece began weeping water on this trip as well.
Since this was not a deep dive my faith in the reliability of the neutralite
line is not very high at this time.
JOSEPH KAFFL
SUMPDIVER@MS*.CO*
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