<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441063212688_3129"><span>Alan,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441063212688_3129"><span>Why can't the driver stay inside the submarine, why put it in the housing?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1441063212688_3129"><span>Hank</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, August 31, 2015 4:55 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2238406898"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span>Hank,</span></div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18224">you have got me thinking. I don't want to pressure compensate because of the capacitors</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18320">in the driver. I was also concerned that any fluid might yellow with the heat.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18506">According to this article, the main problem with LED lights is disipating the heat that comes</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18511">out the back of the emmitter.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18515"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18513" target="_blank" href="http://www.deepsea.com/wp-content/uploads/article-Application-of-High-Power-LEDs-UI08.pdf">http://www.deepsea.com/wp-content/uploads/article-Application-of-High-Power-LEDs-UI08.pdf</a><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459">I could seal off the driver compartment at the back of the emmitter & fill that with oil. However</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459">I will be machining this out of alluminium rod & can keep the enclosure round the driver pretty small</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459">so there isn't much of an air gap to the housing.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459">Could easily experiment with & without oil to see if it makes much difference.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459">Alan</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14459"><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"> <div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14407" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14406" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv2238406898yqt3188560179" id="yiv2238406898yqt70729"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14405"> <hr id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14458" size="1"> <font id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14445" size="2" face="Arial"> <b id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18510"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18509" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none"> <b id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18508"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_18507" style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 1, 2015 10:09 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Light lense<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv2238406898y_msg_container" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14408"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv2238406898"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14424"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14423" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441058852894_3152"><span>Alan,</span></div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441058852894_3152"><span id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441058852894_3179">I assume your going with a pressure housing? why not fill the pressure housing 95% full of oil to tsf the heat to the water?</span></div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441058852894_3152"><span>Hank</span></div> <br clear="none"><div class="yiv2238406898qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14446"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2238406898yahoo_quoted" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14429" style="display: block;"> <div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14428" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"> <div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14427" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yiv2238406898qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2238406898yqt7983787313" id="yiv2238406898yqt01305"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14426"> <font id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14447" size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, August 31, 2015 4:00 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2238406898y_msg_container" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14432"><div id="yiv2238406898"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14431"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14448">Sorry part 2 ( ipad & big fingers)</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14430">The LED cost $11- & the driver $6-. Free delivery.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14433">I have ordered a number of reflectors for a couple of dollars each.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14434">The driver is quite small. With the automated assembly processes</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14435">& micro sized components, you can't get anywhere near this size</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14436">soldering on the components yourself.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14478">Because of the heat factor I am limiting myself to the 6000lm LED.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14437">Will be looking at the beam angle I get from these reflectors & available glass </div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14438">lenses, before making up a housing. Looking for a borosilicate lense</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14444">because of the heat transfer & low expansion.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14439">I have taken a different route from Ken, but this process he started has</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14449">been very helpful & motivating, as has been the discussion & information</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14440">that has come out. </div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14443">Alan</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14441"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv2238406898yqt6918918627" id="yiv2238406898yqt41182"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14442"><br clear="none">On 1/09/2015, at 9:42 am, Alan <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_17450" ymailto="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv2238406898yqt6918918627" id="yiv2238406898yqt87757"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14451"><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14450">I bought a 24-36V 6000 lm & 4000 lm LED array along with drivers, </div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14452">& have another lot in the post.</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14453">The driv<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div id="yiv2238406898yui_3_16_0_1_1441057154792_14454"><br clear="none">On 1/09/2015, at 4:09 am, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Ken is in Ireland on a holiday but before he left, he had finished the design of the LED Driver power stage. Still working on the housing but have been sidetracked the last month on getting my boat ready to dive after major upgraded over the last 18 months. Hope to get back on the Light housing shortly. I did dive the new 5K LED light this weekend and it worked great.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cliff</div></div><div class="yiv2238406898gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2238406898gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2238406898gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br clear="none">
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