Building a canister light

[motorcitydiver]

There is someone selling blueprints with parts and a cost list on e-bay. I don't have $900 for a light so i'm thinking of building my own. Has anyone done this? Do they actually work? The drawings are all done on AutoCad and look pretty good. He claims they are modeled after the Halcyon lights.

 

[grf88]

You might be better off buying this book.
http://www.airspeedpress.com/newlitebook.html

 

[hilk]

try this

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hiddivelights/

or
http://groups.msn.com/Divelight/_whatsnew.msnw

 

[Padipro]

Try doing a search here on the board and you'll find hundreds of threads on DIY canister lights. The question has been asked so many times I can't keep track of them all.

The MSN group link Hilk posted above is my site. Feel free to look around, it's all free and you can find everything you need to build your own light including pictures, instructions and links to sites for parts. Why pay someone for the plans when you can get all the information you need for free?

Good luck and post some pictures of the light so we can see how things turnd out.

BTW this is my latest creation. A 10watt HID with a 3 1/2 hour burn time. It's been tested to 130 feet so far and has worked perfectly.