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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Well, thanks to a bit of help from George @Taskled, I've decided to go for a reed switch/relay circuit to isolate the pins when not charging. Moving onto my next question. How do I charge 3S3P set of 26650 batteries? What charger do I need, is there an off the shelf 'solder and play' option...
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Sounds good. I have posted another thread to get better attention, but this one does belong in the dive lights forum. If you could delete my last post and move the thread that would be great. I'll try keep this thread up to date as a log then.
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    External Charging of Canister, Glands and cable Hi All, I am currently working on a canister light to use as a primary. I'm a bit stuck on what glands and cable to buy. Any links to specific items would be very helpful. I am wanting to copy an external charging setup a few brands use. I...
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    I have finally ordered/started to receive the parts for this light. I am wanting to copy an external charging setup a few brands use. I can't really find any examples on how to go about it? I've attached a pic as an example below. http://www.divephotoguide.com/images/imguploader/755330050.jpg...
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Thanks for that DIW
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Thank you for your response. I never realised that bronze had so much lower thermal conductivity in comparison to Aluminium, that answers that one... perhaps gold or silver? Ha! Are you able to elaborate on why it is important to keep voltage high? Seems to me your logic is sound in regards...
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Hello again! After doing a bit more research I've decided on a few things based on my LED supplier. This guy has suggested the below TaskLED driver and 3 XPH50 LEDs http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut951 http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut2881 I am looking at this...
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    4000 lumen Canister dive light

    Evening all :) I am posting here after some help for a light or a couple of lights I am building. I have a fabrication an joinery workshop, so fortunately I will be able to machine weld and generally fabricate everything myself. I am considering Bronze as a material to machine all the...
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