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Richard, I am very interested in finding out more about the plans for your home made dive lights, as I would be long on ability and short on cash. If you do not consider your plans propriatary, I would appreciate any help you could give me in building a 50 to 75W light. Thanks Dan Keenan dkeenan@mh*.sb*.co* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date: Fri Aug 25 14:26:18 1995 From: daemon@te*.ne* Subject: Re: Home made lights (was: Catalytic...) To: techdiver@terra.net, Roger Lacasse <roger@fr*.ph*.mc*.ca*> >PS BTW Home made devices usually end up costing more than the commercial >ones by the time you get the bugs worked out and destroy a few things, >but if you want to do it for the joy of creation, more power to you.. >Paul (Helpful Heloise) Smith I don't know where you live but here in eastern Canada, a single battery Dive Rite light will cost you about $800cdn, while a two battery light sells for close to $1100cdn. I've made myself a 12V7Ah 35W MR-11 light for about $140 and a 12V14Ah 75W MR-16 for $165. And, I personally think that my battery cases are better than the D/R equivalents, at least mine are round, not square! Dive lights are nice projects for DIY fans, there's not much you can destroy! As for catalytic converters: I once had a battery case explode while recharging. Back then, I was recharging the battery IN the case, with only a small venting hole that I had to open each time. What happenned is that I forgot to open the vent, went back after two hours of recharging, openned it and boom! I think that the folks at Lacey's will remember that one... Richard -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'.
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