[PSUBS-MAILIST] MK-101 Connectors

[Alan James via Personal_Submersibles]

Cliff, 
you had to go all the way over there, what a long haul.
   I am quoting this from advice I had years ago & I think it was from one of their reps.
From what I remember, it was the combined heat from the 2 wires in the connector 
that was the determining factor.
I will send them an email & post the results.
Alan




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 From: Clifford Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
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We need some clarification  on this.  I am reading this as this connector will handle 25 amps per pin so with a FS 2 we are probably good.

I have had no time to look at this as in Perth on business.



Cliff



On Jul 28, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:


Hi Cliff,
>as I understand it the connector amp rating is 25 amps for the 2 pin unit.
>That means 12.5 amps per pin, which is about 1/4 of what you want.
>Cheers Alan
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>I think there is a big factor of safety.  You get the same issue when you look at agency's specs on how much current a 10awg wire can handle.  Having said that MK sells there lower units with 10 awg wire.  US coast guard would have 6 awg for this current.
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>This needs to be looked at but my guess is that this will handle it.
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>Cliff
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>On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>Cliff,
>>what about the max contact amp ratings on those connnectors?
>>I thought you said you needed something that could take 46 amps.
>>Alan
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>>Jon, a BHB2M to me looks about right.  10AWG pins to match the 10AWG for the MK-101.
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>>The port on the MK-101 is 1-1/8 x 18    So it would be easy to machine an adaptor to accept this 5/8-18 male BH fitting.
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>>Can you get a price on these with the Psub discount?
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>>There probably enough space to drill a 1/16 hole in this machined part and connect a 1/4" Swagelok fitting perpendicular to the axis to connect an air compensation connection if you did not want to drill and tap into body of MK-101.
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>>Cliff
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>>Cliff Redus
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>>On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Jon
 Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>>Agreed, but we should take advantage of our SUBCONN discount if we
      can.  What about this one...
>>http://www.subconn.com/connectors/power-series/power-series-battery-2-contacts
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>>Jon
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>>On 7/27/2014 6:00 PM, Clifford Redus via Personal_Submersibles
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>>Since so many of us are using or planning on using MK-101s either air or oil compensated, it would be nice if we could move towards a standard connector.  These thrusters are 36v with max current of 46 amps.  The lower unit comes with two 10 AWG wires.
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>>It would be nice if the connector was a male bulk head connector with two power pins and one alignment pin.  
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>>Could go with an off the shelf connector like an impulse HDBH-2-MP but these are expensive as rated for depth.  In our case since we are pressure compensating this is overkill. 
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>>For those of you that have MK-101 or MK-80 thrusters, what type of connectors are you using?
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>>Like Vance, I am planning to have a spare that could be swapped out in the field.
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>>Cliff
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