[PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel

James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Thu Jan 15 05:04:51 EST 2015


another job I have with the OP valve is to put a rubber knob on the end of
the plunger.  The amount of times ive cracked my head on it........

On 15 January 2015 at 01:56, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>
> Brian,
> Alec is right on the money, keep track of your pressure.  Even with an
> over pressure valve there is pressure pushing on the hatch because the of
> the area of the oring  in the valve.
> Hank --------------------------------------------
> On Wed, 1/14/15, Private via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
>  To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Received: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:58 PM
>
>  Pretty
>  much the same as Emile's. I made a disk with lots of
>  holes in it and a spring- loaded cap on the outside. A wing
>  nut inside the sub allows you to adjust the cracking
>  pressure, and "manual override" means pressing on
>  the stem to make the cap on the outside unseat. We're
>  talking just a few hours work to make one of these, it's
>  really simple.
>  For
>  those who might not have Kittredge's book, there's a
>  story in there that is relevant. Kittredge had been tooling
>  around for a while on the bottom and there was a very slight
>  air leak in the cabin that he was unaware of. He was about
>  to break surface when there was a big womp and next thing he
>  found himself outside the sub swimming, and the sub on the
>  bottom. The K250 dome had blown out and he'd gone
>  through behind it. It was his only accident. Bottom line...
>  Always have an OP valve and a means of monitoring cabin
>  pressure.
>  Best,
>  Alec
>
>
>
>  On Jan 14,
>  2015, at 7:25 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>
>  Alec , what is your over
>  pressure valve? Brian
>
>  --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>  wrote:
>
>  From: Private via
>  Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
>  Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:02:45 -0500
>
>  Hi
>  Sean,
>  It's
>  extremely easy to relieve negative pressure... You just
>  press the plunger and can do it with one finger. I do this
>  almost every time before opening the hatch, as a small
>  negative pressure is SOP.
>  Best,
>  Alec
>
>
>
>  On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Sean T Stevenson
>  via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>
>  Is it
>  always possible to manually actuate the valve if you have a
>  negative differential pressure?  I always presumed that a
>  ball or needle valve would be necessary to equalize pressure
>  on either side of a hatch before opening, because such a
>  valve accommodates pressure differences in either
>  direction.  With the overpressure valve, in such a
>  situation you need to overcome this difference in addition
>  to the spring preload. That, or I guess you could just bleed
>  some air or oxygen into the cabin.
>  Sean
>
>
>
>
>  On January 14,
>  2015 12:36:36 PM MST, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  Brian,I seem to remember you can manually operate
>  Emile'soverpressure
>  valve; and it is operating procedure to
>  pressit to relieve the
>  remaining pressure before opening the
>  hatch.If you are looking
>  for an off the shelf solution, make sureyou can do that.Alan
>
>     From: Brian Cox via
>  Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>   To: Personal
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>   Sent: Thursday, January
>  15, 2015 6:11 AM
>   Subject: Re:
>  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
>
>  I don't see where they
>  list the pressure limit on
>  it. Brian
>
>  --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>  wrote:
>
>  From: James
>  Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
>  Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:31:56 +0000
>
>  what
>  about something like
>  this?  I only just googled it so would need research.
>  Don't quote me on it!
> http://www.haitima.com.tw/valve/check-valve/check-valve-2026.htm
>  On 14 January 2015 at 15:55, Brian Cox via
>  Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>
>
>  Is there an off the shelf
>  over pressure valve that I can
>  get? Brian
>
>  --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>  wrote:
>
>  From: James
>  Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIS!
>   T]
>  Snorkel
>  Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:58:24
>  +0000
>
>  Yes, my OP valve does not have enough holes.  I
>  have a job over the winter to add more or drill existing
>  holes bigger.
>  On 14
>  January 2015 at 13:04, Emile van Essen via
>  Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  Mark,
>  All.
>
>
>
>  Mind the area is big enough. The valve in the attachment is
>  designed for a
>
>  3000 Kg sub. But even then it is to small if you surface too
>  quick in case
>
>  of massive overpressure.
>
>  Cracking pressure: 25-75 mBar.
>
>
>
>
>
>  Best regards, Emile
>
>
>
>  -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>
>  Van: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:
> personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org]
>
>  Namens Mark via Personal_Submersibles
>
>  Verzonden: dinsdag 13 januari 2015 13:12
>
>  Aan: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>
>  Onderwerp: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
>
>
>
>  Since we are discussing over-pressure valves, can you
>  recommend a make and
>
>  model, or describe its specifications?
>
>
>
>  Regards,
>
>
>
>  Mark...
>
>
>
>  Sent from iPhone.
>
>
>
>  > On Jan 12, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Pete Niedermayr via
>  Personal_Submersibles
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>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
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>  >
>
>  > Scott, I see you have an overpressure valve in place of
>  the snorkel .
>
>  Whats that on the other side ?
>
>  >
>
>  > Pete ?
>
>  > --------------------------------------------
>
>  > On Mon, 1/12/15, via Personal_Submersibles
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>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
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>  >
>
>  > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
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>  > To: "Personal Submersibles General
>  Discussion"
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>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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>  > Date: Monday, January 12, 2015, 5:09 PM
>
>  >
>
>  > I
>
>  > would recommend a cabin overpressure valve instead. It
>  is a
>
>  > mushroom valve. You can see pics on my sub page.
>  Alec
>
>  > did the same thing.
>
>  >
>
>  > Thanks,
>
>  > Scott Waters
>
>  >
>
>  >
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>  > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkel
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>  > From: Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles
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>  > <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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>  > Date: Mon, January 12, 2015 3:58 pm
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>  > To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
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>  >
>
>  > I have a set of K 350 plans that I'm using as a
>
>  > reference for my own design. I'm using the conning
>  tower
>
>  > plans pretty much as per. The question I do have is.
>  Snorkel
>
>  > or no snorkel ? On the one hand I can see how it would
>  be
>
>  > useful have. On the other hand no other design seems to
>  have
>
>  > one. What are your opinions? Snorkel or no snorkel?
>
>  >
>
>  > Pete
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