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Scuba Forum / Scuba Equipment / January 2004Problem with Ikelite Video Housing
My Ikelite housing flooded, killing my Sony PC120BT. The housing has been at Ikelite for the last two months. They can't find anything wrong. Since Ikelite can't find a fault in the housing, I must have mis-rigged. But how? Has anyone had a similar experience? When I rigged before the fatal dive, I didn't have my glasses on, so I didn't look at the O-ring to see the seal. But I did look when I brought it up. I didn't see anything obvious, like a camera strap caught in the seal. The tech at Ikelite tried to reproduce any stupid errors I might have made, such as leaving a snap open. No luck. (He brags that the design of the housing is such that a lose snap should not cause it to flood.) This is my third Ikelite. I find it hard to believe there is a flaw in such a good product. Dick A hair under the seal would have been sufficient. Always check closely, use a magnifying glass if necessary. > My Ikelite housing flooded, killing my Sony PC120BT. The housing has been > at Ikelite for the last two months. They can't find anything wrong. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dick I cannot possibly give you a reason as to why your housing flooded...However, in my housing made by Amphibico, there is a humidity detector that flashes a red light if it detects any rise in the housing ambiant humidity. So, when you are handed the camera ( floodings btw are also common if you jump in the water with the housing ), you simply put in underwater, wait a minute or so and if everything is ok, no flashing red light, you go on...... It saved my VX-1000 a couple of months ago, when at 75 ft, the red light came on. I immediately aborted the dive and headed up at the surface. Once on the boat, after opening the housing, there was a couple of drops of water present because of a hairline pressure crack in the hydrophone seal. I think you can rig your housing with an equivalent system..... RM > My Ikelite housing flooded, killing my Sony PC120BT. The housing has been > at Ikelite for the last two months. They can't find anything wrong. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dick > My Ikelite housing flooded, killing my Sony PC120BT. The housing has been > at Ikelite for the last two months. They can't find anything wrong. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dick There's a reason why Ikelite housings are transparent.  Signaturejer email reply - I am not a 'ten' ICQ = 35253273 "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of what we know." -- Richard Wilbur A good rule is that if the housing does not leak at 10' depth, it will not leak at any depth. Always stop at 10' and check the interior of the housing for leaks or drops of water inside housing. IF you have a leak at 10', you can usually get back to the surface before enough water gets in the housing to damage the camera. If the seals are tight at 10', they will just get tighter as you go deeper. >> My Ikelite housing flooded, killing my Sony PC120BT. The housing has >> been [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > There's a reason why Ikelite housings are transparent. >This is my third Ikelite. I find it hard to believe there is a flaw in such >a good product. It happens. There are two kinds of underwater photographers. Those who have had a flood. Those who will have a flood. --- Rich http://richlockyer.tripod.com/ So the rule is: GET INSURANCE! Wayne www.springdivers.com > >This is my third Ikelite. I find it hard to believe there is a flaw in such > >a good product. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > --- Rich > http://richlockyer.tripod.com/ Or use a cheap camera :) Seriously... my UW video camera is a Sony TRV308. Not digital, nothing fancy. If it floods, I'm out $200. My UW still camera is an Ikelite Auto-35. If it floods? $20 at Wal-Mart. >So the rule is: GET INSURANCE! >Wayne [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> --- Rich >> http://richlockyer.tripod.com/ --- Rich http://richlockyer.tripod.com/ |
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