Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure compensation

[David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>]

>A good oil would be that oil that is used to lube guns and sewing machines, 
>it has a pretty low viscosity, lubes all the moving parts, fairly easy to get 
>(I dare you to find a hardware store that doesn't carry the stuff) and should 
>seal anything that arcs to prevent shorts. The biggest drawback would be the 
>quantities that you could buy it in since the biggest I have seen has been 4 
>oz. (although you probably could get bigger).
>
>Anthony

Does everybody have batteries isolated in a separate pod outside the main hull to protect occupants against kaboominations? If not, I've often idly wondered about what to do if the interior of the sub were getting partially flooded and the battery was in danger of getting shorted out. Could the battery box be filled with oil and have some sort of great big main disconnect inside, so that once that was pulled there would be no live conductors in contact with the water? Just thinking.

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David
Osage MN USA
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