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    1200 Lumen 2D Maglite Mod

    It depends on your budget, what sort of use you expect to put it through and the circuit it's going into. Do you need momentary ON, or does it have to stay latched/closed for the time you want it on? You can use a magnetic reed switch for either momentary ON or latched. No need to worry about...
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    1200 Lumen 2D Maglite Mod

    Johnny, It depends...Plenty of info on dive torch switches in the forum archives. What is your design?
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    How to Chop A Maglight

    How do you do that? Do you have a clamping mechanism where the sheet of acrylic is held stationary and a hole saw on a turning lathe? Also, if you are using a lathe you could remove the thread in the head so you can push the handle in further (more support).
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    Surface Marker Flare

    By 'steady burn' I take it you mean constant-on (not flashing?), like a normal torch? If it's for a life-vest then flashing is the international convention for distress so why not have both flashing and contant-on? Tektite retail larger strobes; some with switching options of both contant-on...
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    For those looking for sealed battery solutions

    Perhaps you could get it to work but I've never been a big fan of sealed units. Corrosive off-gassing and humidity trapped in the container (you could purge as much of the humidity as possible no doubt). It would be helpful if you could have a way of opening it up from time to time for...
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    Where to get some wrist attachments for a dive light?

    I use spare wetsuit material or stubby-holders and a hand stitcher. Something like this;
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    Wow

    What's that signature on the body?...I can make out some letters... 'Jacq**s Cous*t*au'
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    Re: First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome - update Meaning?
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    Re: First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome - update Here's a thought for you... If O rings are essentially incompressible (when pressure is applied evenly from all dimensions) what about in a Maglite situation where pressure is not even on all surfaces of the O ring? In this case...
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    I agree, how tight we screw it in makes a lot of difference, and if we tighten it to the point the metal of the bezel makes contact with the lens then that's as tight as that O ring is going to be compressed . My understanding is the tighter the bezel the more it compresses the O ring against...
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    Very interesting Lucca...haven't seen that one before. Anyone have any experience with this bezel replacement? Does it have enough surface area for a workable O ring?
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    Re: First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome - update If you are asking me the answer is, no. I have 30 years diving experience so am well familiar with greasing O rings. The oversize (supplied) O ring was not adequate in two instances. I suspect the first one was because the...
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    First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome

    Re: First Build - Work in Progress but feedback welcome - update This happened to me also...using the supplied O ring to seal a glass lens to the bezel. It leaked. Anyone else had bad a experience with O ring on glass lenses in a Maglite?
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    Planning a DIY Canister Light build, need some help

    No need to test it past the deepest point you will ever dive. If you believe it will fail eventually then why risk the cost associated with proving something you already know? Plus let's face it, if you're a recreational air diver and you drop the torch to 200' you are not going down to Davy...
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    Planning a DIY Canister Light build, need some help

    That's and interesting plug and it looks like it will work. Where did you source it from? Stainless steel? If you want to play it safe you can go down without a battery in the canister for the first dive. Or even knock-up a quick-n-dirty second canister without gland to test that plug. Don't...
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