Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions

["Dale" <heinzind@cadvision.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Captain Nemo <vulcania@interpac.net>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Gregc02@ibm.net>
>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Questions, questions and more questions
>
>
>A regular pressure gauge will work just fine (about .44 lbs of pressure per
>foot
>> of sea water) but most gauges will show relative pressure, so that if you
>equalize your boat to
>> sea pressure, your gauge will now read zero. The ones on my old diesel
>boat were just plain old
>> guages, calibrated in ft instead of psi.
>
>Yep.  That's what I'm using in my boat: a plain old water pressure gauge,
>marked to indicate depth in feet relative to pounds of pressure.  Only cost
>a few bucks, doesn't need any operating system, and  works just fine.  It's
>plumbed so the gauge inlet is exposed to depth pressure.  Got a cut-off
>valve between it and the wet stuff in case it springs a leak.
>
>Pat
>
>

yup me too.. I got the gauge from a company, and they calibrated it fsw..
cost me $75.00 canadian, which is almost nothing US...

dale