UW Light Dude vs Light Monkey Primary for Cave Class

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Mechanical switch supremacy.

 

[Wreck(ed)Diver]

Thanks all for the help! I ended up being able to get a 2000 lumen UWLD light with a 160W battery. I can already see what y'all mean about the switch on the light lol. I do have a question about charging, since the light and charger are slightly older and I'm not sure how to tell when its charged fully. I'll make a post asking about it later.

Thanks again!

 

[tbone1004]

Thanks all for the help! I ended up being able to get a 2000 lumen UWLD light with a 160W battery. I can already see what y'all mean about the switch on the light lol. I do have a question about charging, since the light and charger are slightly older and I'm not sure how to tell when its charged fully. I'll make a post asking about it later.

Thanks again!

The charger will automatically stop charging when it's done, the light on the charger will change colors *which colors depend on generation of charger*. Important note though that you shouldn't put it on the charger until the color ring switches to orange and also don't charge it before putting it in storage unless the ring is red. @Bobby has some good youtube videos up on the subject and his resource section on the website is quite good.

https://uwlightdude.com/support/

 

[Wreck(ed)Diver]

The charger will automatically stop charging when it's done, the light on the charger will change colors *which colors depend on generation of charger*. Important note though that you shouldn't put it on the charger until the color ring switches to orange and also don't charge it before putting it in storage unless the ring is red. @Bobby has some good youtube videos up on the subject and his resource section on the website is quite good.

https://uwlightdude.com/support/

Oh perfect!! Thank you! The charger was covered in warnings so I didn't want to **** around and find out lol.

 

[tbone1004]

Oh perfect!! Thank you! The charger was covered in warnings so I didn't want to **** around and find out lol.

pretty idiot proof, plug in until it changes color, most are to solid green, then take off charger. Do it the night before you dive. You have the new generation with the color indicators which are ~100-60%=green, 60-30%=orange, 30-0%=red, I say approximately because it's voltage based vs. a shunt so it's an "ish" kind of thing. If you get out of a dive and the ring is still green, don't charge it unless you are doing a real big dive the next day that you intend to need the full burn time, wait until it's been in the orange for a while until you charge it to maximize cycle count, try to keep it out of the deep red but if you get it to the point that it kicks down to low it won't hurt anything.

 

[Wreck(ed)Diver]

pretty idiot proof, plug in until it changes color, most are to solid green, then take off charger. Do it the night before you dive. You have the new generation with the color indicators which are ~100-60%=green, 60-30%=orange, 30-0%=red, I say approximately because it's voltage based vs. a shunt so it's an "ish" kind of thing. If you get out of a dive and the ring is still green, don't charge it unless you are doing a real big dive the next day that you intend to need the full burn time, wait until it's been in the orange for a while until you charge it to maximize cycle count, try to keep it out of the deep red but if you get it to the point that it kicks down to low it won't hurt anything.

Oh, where is the indicator on the light? The only indicator light I can see is a small one on the charger?

 

[tbone1004]

Oh, where is the indicator on the light? The only indicator light I can see is a small one on the charger?

which generation of light head do you have? The current generation has a LED ring around the piezo switch when you turn it on. Not sure how old that one is. Post a picture of the whole light where we can see the light head and the top of the canister

 

[Wreck(ed)Diver]

which generation of light head do you have? The current generation has a LED ring around the piezo switch when you turn it on. Not sure how old that one is. Post a picture of the whole light where we can see the light head and the top of the canister

I'm not too sure which one I have, I can send a pic when I get home later but the light head just has a solid black piezo switch and that's it. It seems pretty well used (but was serviced this year) so I'd assume its an older model.