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George, Isler just bought one of these from Jarrod. So I guess the german version may be less superior. I didn't know if this was a normal retail item through extreme exposure bit it is. For those seriously interested in more information try info@ex*.co* kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: > > Mags, I use an HID light run off of my nicad canister. I use removeable > HID heads which are interchangeable with regular heads on the underwater > conectors. I keep two diferent wattagges in my pocket so if the HID > blows, I have a low power normal light to travel on, and can go to the > normal power to explore without bagging my batteries. > > My particular HID draws 1.8 amps, so lasts 13 hours with my nicads. On > JJ's Barry Light pack it lasts about 9 hours, and on a normal Barry > Light is lasts more than five hours. > > The HID is putting out the far blue end of the spectrum which is not as > well absorbed by water so you can "see" farther than with a lower color > temp, or longer wavelength light. This is like the effect at depth where > with no light you can only see the blues which penetrate to that depth > due to their higher frequency/shorter wavelenght. > > This makes you effectively feel like you have a lot more light than with > a bigger normal light, yet the smaller light ( smaller wattage ) draws > much less current. The lumens make no difference except in comparison to > the same frequency, as in video where you would use a larger HID bulb > for more "light". > > JJ and I had to go to these lights due to our bottom times in some > caves, and due to the fact that we have to decompress in the cave at > other sites for hours before getting to the sinkhole. In ocean, this is > an awesome tool for signalling at great distance and seeing things at > distance, just as in cave it lets JJ and I see down passages and make a > decision on them without ever going near them. > > Glad you brought this up, I forgot all about it. The ones we have are > very small, fit in the normal Gavin head, have no other electonics in > the cannister, use the same voltage out the cord as a regular light, and > can actually be used with any existing light. > > I got mine from Extreme Exposure. I tried all the other versions while > we were working on lighting, but none of them had their stuff together > or made any sense. One came in two separate cannisters, had NINETY volts > running out the cord, arced like a sparkplug if the cord was too long, > and was a cluster in a box. The German versions were all one piece, like > a giant flashlight, and of course you saw the Saturday Night Live > version that my favorite moron, Stone, came up with - a hoot in itself. > > Give JJ or Barry Miller at Extreme a call for these lights. I can't > believe I forgot all about this . I guess I should say something about > the new scooters too , now that our "competition" has been laid to rest, > but they speak for themselves and are not of general interest like the > lights are. > > Monkee Owens wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > > > I am considering upgrading one of my two Dive Rite MLS lights to the new > > Dive Rite HID light. Let me say first that I KNOW that an EE light is > > preferable (and I plan to get one at some point in the future), but I am > > seduced by the idea of using a light that is as small as the one I have > > now, but has a longer burn time with a brighter bulb. Let me also say that > > I don't know much at all (that would be, I really know nothing) about this > > technology, which is why I'm posting this question. (So please be gentle!) > > > > What I am wondering is > > (1) are HID lights really all they are cracked up to be? and > > (2) Is there something about them that makes them *NOT* DIR, and if so, > > what is it and why? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > ---------- > > Maggie, who seems to be a northeast-wreck-diving-geek and boat monkee > > mmowens@pa*.co* > > http://www.panix.com/~mmowens > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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