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Soft Start Your Flashlight For Longer Bulb Life

June 5, 2008 by Will O'Brien 7 Comments


[Reinhard] has a great collection of DIY SCUBA projects. One interesting hack he put together is a soft start circuit to improve the life of the bulb in a flashlight. Despite LEDs getting cheaper, MR16 halogens are dirt cheap and put out some serious lumens.

Posted in classic hacks, Misc HacksTagged diy, flashlight, scuba

DIY Rebreather Scrubber Refill

May 16, 2008 by Will O'Brien 27 Comments


Most people fear refilling their own ink cartridges. [Skipbreather] made his own CO2 scrubber refill for his rebreather. (Modern rebreathers are damn impressive.) The build is fairly straight forward, but requires some machining. I had to laugh when I found out that part of his build involved toilet seat hold down bolts.

Posted in Misc HacksTagged rebreather, scuba

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