DIY canister light update(pics)

[Pathfinder]

There was a few days of inactivity but I was able to get the light pretty much completed between last night and this afternoon.

The battery pack was assembled and with the final measurement I was able to remove about 1 1/2 inches from the length of the canister, It is now 8" long or 8 3/4" from bottom of base to top of lid. It's very compact.
I have a 50 watt bulb in it now, because that's what I had laying around, and man is it bright! I looked into the beam and saw spots for 5 minutes. Note to self...do not flash in eyes I measured the voltage and it's just under 15 volts.
Tomorrow I'll start working on the Goodman handle. I'll probably be making one pretty close to "traditional" out of aluminum.

Dave

 

[dsater]

Looks pretty sweet. I just got my battery pack and my light works great. Gonna test 'er out this weekend.

 

[Pathfinder]

I should be getting mine in the water tomorrow night. I plan on throwing it into the deep end of my pool for a couple hours. It's only ten feet deep but it's the first step. This weekend I hope to get it down to 50 feet. All of this without the battery pack installed of course

Dave

 

[phunk]

Can't tell the scale from those pics... what size Mag light is that?

 

[Pathfinder]

It's a 'C' cell. I used a 4 cell mag lite because I had an old one sitting around doing nothing.

Dave

 

[dsater]

I should be getting mine in the water tomorrow night. I plan on throwing it into the deep end of my pool for a couple hours. It's only ten feet deep but it's the first step. This weekend I hope to get it down to 50 feet. All of this without the battery pack installed of course

Dave

How'd your pool test go?

 

[Pathfinder]

Hey, the pool test was a 100% success. I left it in the pool for 2 hours and there was not a drop of water anywhere. Hopefully I'll get it into the water this weekend and take it to at least 50'.
I still haven't gotten on to the Goodman handle. Hopefully I'll get to do some work on it today.

Dave

 

[350xfire]

So how much money invested so far?

 

[Pathfinder]

Including the batteries, which were $70 cdn, I have $110 Cdn into it. I still need to purchase a battery charger at about $30. This price does not include the cost of a maglite which I already had. So, add another $15. This light can be made with batteries for $150 Cdn, perhaps a bit less if you shopped around. If you had to pay for machining on the lighthead/canister it would probably run you another $50.

Dave

 

[dsater]

Just got done with my dive and my first test run with my light. Worked great! About blinded my diving partner but other than that, no problems at 40 feet.