Of course I was baiting you, you were starting to whine. You put the light
on your belt because (HID, huh? I can tell you're gonna love this one) your
light is considered a droppable weight should you need some emergency
buoyancy. (hmmm, think I'll keep my good old halogen head) Plus you need to
easily doff/don the unit should you get keyholed in a cave or a wreck. Plus
you need to be able to access the switch and no you don't mound your light
upside down. Plus it's more streamlined down there. I will probably think of
more reasons.

   Jim
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> From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:49:15 -0700
> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ma*.ci*.co*>, Techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Subject: Re: EE canister lights
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Cobb wrote:
> ~
>> Unless you use lead shot in the epoxy it won't make it much more negative.
>> And if you make the light 20lbs negative then you will have to figure out if
>> the strap will hold the thing. I agree with George, don't mess with a good
>> thing.
> 
> That's the conclusion I've reached as well, after looking into the
> volume in the canister and what I would have to fill it with.
> 
>> 
>> And BTW Paul, the reason the light is 8lbs on the surface is so you can have
>> a nice bright light which burns for a long time underwater.
> 
> 
> That wasn't the issue.  I don't mind the 8 pounds if there is a good
> reason.  I have simply learned not to trust manufacturers to "do
> what's right" and to figure out for myself if a modification is in
> order or not.  In this case, I'll leave it be.  Now before anyone
> starts defending the EE lights, I think they are great, I'm certainly
> enjoying mine.  I'll enjoy it even more once I get the manual and the
> charger, which were missing ;-)
> 
>> You did buy
>> it with the light head, didn't you?
> 
> Yup, HID.
> 
>> 
>> And why do you have a belt, are you using AL80's and a wetsuit?
> 
> Are you baiting me? ;-)
> 
> Steel and Drysuit, FYI.
> 
> BTW, could someone post the reasons DIR has for not mounting the
> light canister to the backplate?
> -- 
> Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*
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