Re: battery boxes

[Rick Lucertini <empiricus@sprint.ca>]

VBra676539@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/30/99 1:55:27 AM, empiricus@sprint.ca writes:
>
> <<VBra676539@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 6/30/99 12:11:49 AM, empiricus@sprint.ca writes:
> >
> > <<The box keel is the type I'll be using with my ambient boat.  Any design
> > ideas?  I'm OK with the
> > thru-hulls.  It's the wall construction I'm thinking of.  Standard scuba
> > depths.
> >
> > Rick>>
> >
> > If the boat is ambient I don't think it will matter. The box has to be
> strong
> > enough to put up with whatever abuse you plan to give it plus a fudge factor
> > or two. Just think about a 2-3 knot current and an unprotected corner
> > whacking into your basic immovable object.
> > Vance
>
> Ooops - should have mentioned that the box will be kept at one-at.
>
> --
> Rick Lucertini>>
>
> In which case, why not try the old Perry trick? 12" PVC pipe with aluminum
> endcaps with a rabbited flange for the O-rings? We used to run the wiring
> harness through tygon tubing to potted switches and to the thrusters. Piece
> of cake. Agricultural engineering at its finest.
> Vance

12" PVC?  I wanted something complicated!  Do you remember more or less what the depth rating was on
the pipe?  If it was on a Perry, are we talking minimum 200 meters?  If I can use PVC it'll save me
a lot of work.

Were the Al2 endcaps sheet or concave?  How thick?  Why not use standard PVC endcaps?



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Rick Lucertini
empiricus@sprint.ca
(Vancouver, Canada)
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