{"id":131,"date":"2016-05-30T03:20:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T03:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/?p=131"},"modified":"2016-12-21T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T17:06:58","slug":"new-light-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/equipment\/new-light-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New light time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So a while ago, my 18w HID bit the preverbal dust as they say. I don&#8217;t know what happened, but the bulb blew.<\/p>\n<p>Some looking around and not finding anything reasonable in the way of a new bulb (many $$$), I decided a cheaper route was an upgrade to a 21w HID!<\/p>\n<p>Koos in Seattle had a 21w head that he was not needing, so I spent an evening converting it over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0109-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0109\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0109-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0109-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0109-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the 21w (bottom) is larger than the 18w (top).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0110-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0110\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0110-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0110-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0110-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many parts go into the canister connection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0111-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0111\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0111-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0111-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0111-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did have a few quick questions for some people for some best practices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0113-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0113\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0113-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0113-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bradharris.ca\/UnderwaterAdventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0113-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, testing!<\/p>\n<p>It took a little while to do, I did have to squeeze on the connector a few times as I either orientated or forgot a part in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a while ago, my 18w HID bit the preverbal dust as they say. 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