So you have decided to add a primary HID/LED light to your equipment bag. There is a significant investment to purchase primary lights. They don’t come cheap. A good quality primary light can cost up to $2,000 USD, even more for high powered video lights. You need to make sure your investment will last as long as possible. One of the preventative maintenance procedures for checking the health of your primary light is to burn test the battery. Burn testing the battery is a simple procedure, but does require some time. This will give you an accurate measurement for how long your battery will hold a charge. [Read more...]
My Compressor Woes Continue
Broken Compressor Piston
All Great Things Come to an End, While All the Bad Continue On
When my wife landed her new job, we were extremely happy. We were hoping things were turning around and would go back to normal. Unfortunately, her new job didn’t pay as much as the old one. Facing this deficit in our monthly income, it has forced me to make sacrifices. I have had to work at the shop more than normal just to get some extra cash each month. It is not fair for me to ask my family to continue to dip into our life savings, just so I can go scuba diving. [Read more...]
A Scuba Diving Christmas List in a Tough Economy
Like many Americans, this year has been very tough for my family. Last year I lost my job as a business manager at Motorola. I became a stay at home dad for our two daughters. This year, my wife lost her job as a career coach at Deloitte and Touche. As of this writing, neither of us have found a steady job yet. I’ve been teaching college classes part time for some extra cash. As Christmas approaches, we have had to make hard decisions as to what kind of gifts we will get the girls. As a parent, you want to give your kids everything, but many times that just isn’t possible. As I’ve thought about Christmas for my kids, I’ve thought about other people who are in a similar, or worse, situation than me and how this affects their diving Christmas season. [Read more...]
