<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brock:
Oh, I almost forgot to mention I dunked the LS last night. I started at 18 inches (about 1/2 meter) for about 3 minutes and it didn't appear to leak. I then took it out to check the insides, the lens fogged up<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
On mine, I can see a sealant of some kind between the lens and the bezel, but that sealant bead doesn't go all the way around.
But the light holds a vacuum when suctioned.
Let's see what happens when I douche it... here goes...
(For safety's sake, and for my fishes's, I'm pulling the lithium batteries out first).
*splash* blub blub blub all the way to the bottom...
After about 5 minutes in 11" of water (the depth of my fishtank when full to the top), there appears to be no leakage, and no fogging of the LS lens.
I've now placed the reassembled unit in the freezer for a few minutes, so if there is going to be any condensation inside, it will show up quite quickly.
(did not show any condensation when the unit was quickly cooled to around 50°F)
Brock, since you have a (or access to a) swimming pool, you'll have to do all of the deeper testing when the production units come out. Deepest water I can get to here is about a foot, unless I buy a fishing pole and some 8lb test line, then I can drive down to the Seattle waterfront and cast the unit over the side at Pier 66 into around 20-50 feet of water. :-O