[PSUBS-MAILIST] battery compensation
hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Thu Jan 14 11:48:28 EST 2016
Thinking ahead, I need to reduce the weight of my deep diver. I am now planning external batteries- lead acid in oil. This reduces the amount of syntactic foam needed. My deal on CNG tanks fell apart. The ebay seller would not honour the sale, can't blame him. I may go with store bought syntactic foam if business looks good with 30 dollar per barrel oil, Yikes.
I am not sure how to go about the oil filled battery set up. I assume the batteries are filled as high as possible with water then topped up with oil, then the compartment filled with oil and a rubber lid on that. I assume you take a syringe with distilled water to top the batteries up from time to time. This way you wouldn't have to drain the oil.Does anyone know how heavy a battery weighs under water compared to in air?
I also am thinking about having the reversing relays for the motors in the oil tank to reduce the amount and size of wires penetrating the hull. I will just send small wires for messaging to the relays.Hank
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