Hi Folks, With LED's having a massive advantage in operating times and durability, is there anyone in Paddlewise-land who would know how to adapt an Underwater Kinetics Mini Q-40 to use LED's? Is it as simple as making one fit, and if that is the case, why do some LED units have a small circuit board? Warning, my electronic knowledge is such that I have to check twice that I have put the batteries in the correct way! I have carried the UK Q-40 for years in my buoyancy vest (PFD) in addition to a strobe, but from reading the list discussion on strobes versus fixed lights it may be time to improve efficiency. Thinking of the practical use of a marker light, in Feb this year a Navy diver, Robert Hewitt, spent 75 hours drifting in the sea off the North Island (NZ) after a recreational dive, when he surfaced away from his dive boat. Like many such incidents, it happened towards the end of the day, and the resultant search was soon effected by nightfall. His amazing survival story is a tribute to his training, fitness, mental toughness and his wetsuit. Not to take anything away from Robert or his colleagues but the one thing that doesn't seem to have been addressed is that any of the signal devices that we discuss here would have had him out of the water that first evening, enjoying a beer while telling a good yarn. Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 21 2006 - 10:38:38 PST
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