Umbilical torches and YBODs.

[Brass Monkey]

I have been considering the purchase of an umbilical torch for some time now. I have a few in mind but would like to hear comments for the guys diving with them mounted on the bod or inside the box itself. The Halcyon 10W HID looks like a good but I believe the on/off switch is on the canister, this would make mounting it on the side of the box a pain. The Green Force range looks good and probably small enough to fit inside the box. Living in a cave with bin laden we don’t get much in the way of hi tech lighting so it’s difficult to get an idea about what would be suitable for box mounting

Dave.

[nigelH]

Originally Posted by Brass Monkey

The Halcyon 10W HID looks like a good but I believe the on/off switch is on the canister, this would make mounting it on the side of the box a pain.

Huh?
That's just what I do. I put it upside down so the switch is at the bottom and it works quite well. I have a Metalsub clip and it just snaps on like the Argon on the other side. Just be careful it is mounted high enough that it doesn't interfere with reaching the Oxygen valve.

nigelH

[beanie]

I have the CD HID canister on backplate (i've raplace the ap harness) under my arm. switch is on head

see here
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[Brass Monkey]

Originally Posted by nigelH

Huh?
That's just what I do. I put it upside down so the switch is at the bottom and it works quite well. I have a Metalsub clip and it just snaps on like the Argon on the other side. Just be careful it is mounted high enough that it doesn't interfere with reaching the Oxygen valve.

nigelH

Thanks Nigel, I thought about that but was not sure how easily it would be to operate. How do you find the weighting, does it balance out well with the Argon bottle?

Originally Posted by beanie

I have the CD HID canister on backplate (i've raplace the ap harness) under my arm. switch is on head

Beanie you dont need a torch those fluorescent hose protectors are blinding

Thanks for the pics.

Dave.

[nigelH]

Originally Posted by Brass Monkey

How do you find the weighting, does it balance out well with the Argon bottle?

Well I treated it like the 3/300 pony and took off 1Kg from the pocket that side and it seemed OK. Currently it's going flicker-flicker-off so I suspect it needs to go back for a fix before it goes in the water again.

Perhaps putting a Halcyon on an ECCR was asking for emotional trouble somewhere.

nigelH

[David]

is it the bulb going flicker (in blue) flicker and then nothing

[Angleseyskipper]

hi brass monkey i had an ol green force 6v umbilical lying around which fits a treat inside the YBOD
couple of bunges around the scrubber holds the battery stack in place.
burn time is limited to about 45 mins enough for most of the deeper dives i use it for.
usually back it up with a uk 400 .
fancy one of em green force umbilical tristar led 12 v not as bright as many of the others but shit loads of burn time, the battery pack is fairly small and would probarbly fit inside the box anyone tried it?

[Mark Chase]

Hi

Like Nigel I invert the can and mount it on a small clamp held in place by the band for the o2 tank. It’s very easy to reach for switching on and off when flying just the box and a single bailout. I haven’t tried it with a stage on that side yet but I doubt if it will be a problem. The weight of the unit in the water is negligible so it wont affects your trim

Being HID you only switch it on once and off once so its not a thing you have to do over and over again during a dive so the convenience of having the switch on the head is less important. IMHO

ATB


Mark Chase

[Northern Monkey]

Is Anne Marie scared of the dark?????

3 litre Oxygen cylinder replaced by Greenforce 13 Amp hour F4 battery pack and 1 litre Oxygen cylinder.

[PrettyFishies]

Oi..get that picture of my rig off the net, my genius torch/redundant O2 rig has a patent pending, I do not want civilians adopting the same ideas

Yes I am afraid of the dark as it stops me from seeing shiny stuff on wrecks hence the F4 and double 100watt HID.