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Vance,
Thanks for the HEADS UP concerning salt water before
I END UP with HAIR UP or WORSE!
Water is a conductor and salt water is a much better conductor, of course,
but so far the only time I had any in the sub was once when I surfaced to
find it raining. By the time we got it loaded on the trailer it was a bit
wet inside but not much. Rain, and or condensation, has been the limit of
my experience with water inside, so far.
You do make a good point. I should have something sealed in plastic and dry
to pull the plugs with just in case I end up in an emergency situation with some
sea water in the sub. My disconnects are in the upper third of the hull
but they could get splashed.
It must be a real shocking experience, and I mean it literally, to
have a flood of sea water sloshing around inside a stranded sub. I wonder
if a good precaution before ever trying to exit a sub in an emergency
wouldn't be to first run the batteries down, if they aren't already.
Vance, is this part of any emergency plan you've encountered?
On the K-350 electrical print I have, the captain shows the fuses in
the battery pods. That's where I have mine also. I realize if a pod
has hydrogen in it, the blowing of a fuse will be the igniter but I thought
that would be better then the any smoke or fumes in the air I need to breath
until I can get out. If a pod blows it will blow off the end cap and shake
things up a little. The captain told me he had one blow but I don't know
the reason. He surfaced replaced the batteries and cap, and lived to dive
again. The first defense is keep the sea water and hydrogen out of
the sub.
When I started my sub I really didn't know much about marine wiring.
I was more familiar with house hold and automotive wiring and also more
concerned with quick access to things rather then making then water tight.
As always, I see things that I'd do different the second time around, but
I'd still keep the disconnects.
Thanks, Dan H.
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