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On Fri, 7 Oct 1994, Roger Carlson wrote: > I'm interested in some better lights. I've seen the Dive-Rite catalog, but > I've got some motocycle battery sized gel cells and a bunch of 3/4" lexan I can > build housings out of. Anybody have any experience with using or building this > kind of lighting system, with batteries located separately from the lights > themselves? > What kind of bulbs do you use? I'm rechargeable, but I want more than > an hour of burn, so I'm thinking of only 40 watts or so. Still, if you know of > big sealed beam headlights that can take pressure, I'm interested. Well, I think thats exactly what Lamar English started doing. His lights, or at least his style of lights, are now available from Arnold Jackson at American Underwater Lighting. Battery case is no biggie (if you have access to a lathe). Turn the lid so that part of it fits inside the cylinder. Glue the bottom on, O-ring the top, put on about three clamps bore a hole and thread it for the light cord fixture. The lamp,cord and all is available seperately from Arnold or any cave shop for about $135 or so. The bulbs are halogens of course. Some people are more particular about the kelvin temp of the bulb. That has something do do with what "color" the light is. I use a Dive Rite myself, but have made 2 additional battery packs ($30 each including connectors) so I can burn a 100 watt bulb on each dive. I like to video when I can! r.b.
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