Re: acrylic; motors

[hylands@ibm.net (Jon Hylands)]

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:48:11 -0500, David Buchner <Buchner@wcta.net> wrote:

> I've seen discussion here of electic motors sealed in oil to keep water
> pressure out, but I never paid much attention, because it didn't apply much
> to me. But now I'm wondering a couple of basic things: (1) So is oil like
> water then -- not very compressible? (2) Does this work with just any
> motor? Why doesn't the oil short out bare electrical parts, like brushes or
> whatever? Is oil not conductive?

I think it's rather pointless to do something like that for the depths you
are talking about.

You can get seals that work perfectly well, and will present you with far
less problems that an oil-filled motor.

Later,
Jon

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