Canister Light Rebuild
After many dives, and a hard dependable life, my Halcyon Pro 14 canister light
finally failed. The wire broke inside the cord, and the light would only work
if I bent the cord at a certain angle. The shrink wrap cord releif has broken
off, the bananna plug on the lid was cracked in two places, the light boot
showed signs of wear, so I thought it was a good time to do a rebuilt on the
light.
I find it amazing that Halcyon and other canister lights seal the cord with a
standard compression fitting and an o-ring.
Most of the parts for the light can be purchased at any hardware store. The
cord ,SJOW 14-3(Home Depot only had SJO which is not water
resistant), shrink wrap, and halogen socket came from ACE. I got more shrink
wrap and the o-rings from Home Depot. And the Bannana plug came from Radio
Shack.
On the lid I replaced the main o-ring, switch, switch boot, shrink wrap, cord
(14-3 SJOW),
cord o-ring (5/16" ID x 1/2" OD), and bannana plug (???). I used (3/8" x 4") shrink wrap for the cord, and then
used (3/4" x 4") shrink wrap over the cord and compression fitting.
To complete the rebuild, I got a new foam light protector, and replaced the
cave line on the bolt snap. This time I tied it towards the front so it
wouldn't get in the way when I put my hand in the goodman handle.
Last summer I added a Tekna knife to my goodman handle using a SS Machine
Screw 8/32x1 (cut the screw) and a SS 8/32 locknut from OSH.