Hello all
For those interested I just uploaded some more pictures of the
conning tower flange and rebuilt Hatch, things moving along nicely now, the new
name will be “Deep Sea Hunter 1” or DSH-1 has a ring to it
Brian V. Ryder
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I have visited this topic of compensating electric trolling
motors such as the minnkota motor many times on psubs over the past few
years. there is obviously a wealth of knowledge out there between you guys
but for a newby like myself drilling willy nilly into a motors outer shell with
little understanding of land marks and inner workings scares the hell out of
me, let alone fill a motor with a liquid and expect it to continue work .
i have been looking at the photos on the psub site taking great interest in the
motors and their "plumbing" but im sorry to say , i need idiot
proof assistance in his part of my construction. is there anyone of you guys
that has taken step by step photos and made written instructions on how to
pressure comp a motor? oil, air or other methods, what about loss of oil and
reservoir systems. what works best...etc. i have 5 minnkota motors to do,
all 30-45 HP
Many thanks in advance
shayne
Hello Emile,
I’ve been using WD-40 in the thrusters too. WD-40 is basically
made up of a combination of baby oil, Vaseline, and a variety of “alkanes”
(like nonane, decane, undecane and tridecane). The great thing about alkanes is
that they cannot be ionized and therefore cannot bind with hydrogen, making
them water repellant. One thing I like about WD is that it doesn’t produce as
big of an “oil slick” on the water if some ever escapes. Oils slicks following
your sub are not good!!! I think that the gas produced is cause by arcing of
the brushes in compounds with slightly higher vapor pressure. The only real
downside to WD-40 is that the Vaseline component can degrade the rubber seals
over time (like any petroleum based lube) but it takes awhile.
Cheers!
Greg Cottrell
Project Manager
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Might
be time to build a tank for testing. I like hydraulic oil better than silicone.
It is actually slicker. We used it by the drum with the Pisces boats.
Vance
Hi, The compensation subject again…
We compensate the Eurosub engines with WD40. Work fine at depth
but somehow the engines create gas so we have to pressure relief the
compensation bottles every few dive hours. I try to get thin silicone oil to
see if that works better.
For the time being I wonder how deep Minn kota’s etc. can operate
NOT compensated (no oil and plugged).
Any thoughts/ expirience ??