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Hi Ray.
I know what you mean. As a diver in Florida in our
mucky gulf, I've gotten used to the "Viz" as we call visibility,
being less than adequate. There are times I have
been unable to see beyond several feet because of the silty muck.
I agree with you that the phosphorescent paint
could help inside our subs. I also like John Gaertner's point about the
LED's
and the low voltage light they give. The higher end
dive lights are all going to led's now. I think the best thing would be to
have
both the phosphorescent paint and the LED's. When
it is time to paint my wetsub, I might opt for phosphorescent yellow
paint
so it could be seen better underwater. Speaking of
my wetsub, I am still hoping to get advice on how to hook up my dash
switches
to the solenoid and then to the batteries. Not sure
if I can use a 12 volt solenoid for the 24 volt motor or not. Still need help in
figuring
out how to hook it all up now that I've mounted the
motor. Anyone have advice?
Bill.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 1:33
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] U505 gets
historically correct paint.
Hi Bill,
The bit about "phosphorescent coat" got me
thinking.
Critical knobs and switches in our PSUB'S could
benifit
from such a coating. I found out during my
submersible pilot training it
can get unexpectedly
dark. Surprising how dark it gets driving into
muck
stirred off the bottom. Even at only 15 feet
down!
Regards,
Ray
--- Akins <lakins1@tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:
> U505 gets the historically correct paint inside and
>
out. Wooden decking gets correct preservative also.
> Bill.
>
>
http://www.nace.org/nace/content/library/articles/features/uboat.asp
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