So my wife and I were diving up in the San Juan Islands. For non-locals that's WA state near Canada cold water diving. We dropped in at Cones. As my wife and her buddy reach bottom at 45 ft, she goes to activate her UK light cannon, and the switch fails (to be fair it is getting old w/ 0ver well 200 dives) Needless to say she was really bummed. So her and her buddy start their dive. They only get about 3 kick-cycles, when she looks down and sees a totally encrusted UK C4 eLED. This light was completely covered in hard growth. It had to have been on the bottom for at least a year minimum. SO, more as a joke than anything, she shows it to her dive buddy and in an overly exxagerated manner, flips it on. To their surprise it instantly lights up, and at full power, like it was brand new!
She went on to make 3 more dives over the next two days, using it as her primary light. It worked flawlessly! I got it home and spent 1/2 an hour cleaning and scraping and got 90% of the growth off. It now sits with the rest of my lights and I plan on using it regularly. I can't wait to see when these batteries finally die.
She went on to make 3 more dives over the next two days, using it as her primary light. It worked flawlessly! I got it home and spent 1/2 an hour cleaning and scraping and got 90% of the growth off. It now sits with the rest of my lights and I plan on using it regularly. I can't wait to see when these batteries finally die.
