[PSUBS-MAILIST] Personal_Submersibles Digest, Vol 50, Issue 19
Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles
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Thu Aug 10 19:24:13 EDT 2017
Melbourne ? Try Minnesota.
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On Wed, 8/9/17, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Personal_Submersibles Digest, Vol 50, Issue 19
To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 8:09 PM
Hi
Steve,ideally a normal air
conditioner would be better for cooling, but you have to get
rid of it's heat somehow.
I am not sure how the expensive submersibles do it! Maybe
there is a
through hull to an external heat exchanger. They are also
noisy, bulky & I could bewrong but I believe
G.L. have issues with the gas they use! If the peltier was
25% asefficient as a
compression unit, & needed 4 x the power, then that
might mean havinganother battery to
drive it. The bulk & expense of the battery may even out
the cost& size comparison
of the two options. This would be interesting to
research!I
saw a couple of articles that said the Peltier was up there
in efficiency with resistive heating. They
are used in climate control modules in both their heating
&cooling
functions, & I like this option for a submersible where
you can go from one extreme of temperature
to another! ( like Melbourne)Cheers Alanp.s. my daughter loves
it in Melbourne she has been there 4 years now!
Sent
from my iPad
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10/08/2017, at 12:14 PM, Stephen Fordyce via
Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
wrote:
Hi Alan,Resistive heating being
about as close as you can get to 100%, I would be sceptical
about that. I've experimented with Peltier modules for
gas cooling and they were quite disappointing in
performance, although wonderfully simple in
operation.
Cheers,Steve
On 10 Aug 2017 8:33 am,
"Alan via Personal_Submersibles" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
wrote:
Just did some Googling on
the Peltier as a heater.In
an experiment I saw it was more efficient than resistive
heating!This
depends to an extent on the ambient heat
differential. I
would imagine you would need to attach them to the hull
& surround themwith
an insulating material to stop the metal of the hull
radiating backthe
cold or heat produced, & force it to transfer it all to
the water.Another
bunny trail to investigate.Cheers
Alan
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iPad
On 10/08/2017, at 9:18 AM,
Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
Mike,the peltier is only
1/4 to 1/3 as efficient as a compressor system, but
Cliff& I have very little spare room. They
serve as heaters by reversing polarity.I am not
sure of their efficiency as heaters compared with resistive
coils;probably poor! Cliff would have to cut a
hole in his fibreglass outer & dig backthe
syntactic foam to the pressure hull to get cooling on the
reverse side ofthe peltier or compressor air
conditioning unit. Could look sexy if he put
someshark gills in it for water
ingress.Cliff didn't have a cover on the
dome, & that would let a lot of heat in.We
had a wet towel on Snoopy last time at
Islamorada.Have heard that people like Nuytco use
a shore based air conditioner to coolthe sub down
prior to a dive; but I don't know how long that benefit
wouldlast being towed out that
distance.Cheers Alan
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iPad
On 10/08/2017, at 6:25
AM, peaceroom via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
Reference,summer submarine cooling. A scaled down
version of the small cooler with ice and DC fan, similar to
the one in Sportys, aviation supplies is what a lot of
planes use. Just an inexpensive idea. Peltier coolers
provide very little cooling versus DC current used. Mike
Patterson
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Footage from my sub on the trip is limited due
to condensation on
viewport. I used Dove
soap on the viewport interior prior to taking off
but because of the humidity , temperature and
duration of the dive, this
treatment did not
last and I did not have more soap on board. The other
issue is I only had two hand towels on board
and these became soaked with
sweat. As
such, they were not good for cleaning the condensation off
after
the two hour tow to the dive site.
Action items: Have small bottle of
Dove
soap on board and more towels for future long duration
dives.
Yes, I have been
reading up on peltier coolers. I have quite a bit of
battery capacity so this could work.
Unfortunately, mounting on hull won't
work for me as I have syntactic foam under the
FRP shell over the hull so I
don't have
a cool surface to mount on. I do have a pair of plugged
off
ports on the bottom of the boat that
would give me access to cooling water
source
if I installed a small pump on this circuit. Pushing this
water
through a small fin-fan cooler like
you would see on water cooled
motorcycle
would help with the temperature some what but not
humidity. At
Islamorada, the average
water temperature at the time of the dive was about
87F so this would not have helped all that
much. A small DC AC system that
controlled
both temperature and humidity would be better.
On the thruster pneumatic
pressure compensation, I was very happy with how
this worked. I have all four of my thrusters
connected to 1/4" SS tubing
that is
manifold into a single pressure reducing/relieving
regulator
(thanks Hugh) under the cover
just aft of the pilot. I was not sure if a
single regulator would work or if I would need
one for each thruster but it
looks like one
was adequate. I have had two deep dives with the
arrangement, one to 155 ft and one to 100 ft
and have had no issues with
water in the
thrusters.
Best Regards
Cliff
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Alan via
Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
>
Thanks Cliff,
> I presume you shot some
footage from your sub & this is the entr?e!
> Nice & clear, you must have been
pretty happy down there!
> After you
mentioned air conditioning, I looked into peltier elements
&
> air conditioning units. The
peltier conditioners have only 25% the
>
efficiency
> of a normal compression
cycle system, but are really small & by reversing
> the polarity can act as heaters. A few of
those peltier elements stuck to
> the
hull
> with air channelled past them
might be the way to go! Not sure what
>
batteries you
> are using, but the new
battery technologies on the way will make energy
> expenditure less of an issue!
> Do you have all 4 motors exhausting
through one regulator? Couldn't see
>
any
> air coming out of the motor seals
so the pressure isn't building up too
> much
> when
exhausting.
> Cheers Alan
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 9/08/2017, at 8:25
AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
>
>
Added two quick and dirty Youtube videos from 2017 Psubs
Regatta. The
> first is the 100 ft dive
5.3 miles offshore on Aug 3
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=sHqL49V0lMw and the second is a night
> dive in front of Doug's house https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=KDBw1ZOdKaI.
> Alec is working on a
more comprehensive video of the Regatta.
>
> Regards
>
> Cliff
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017
at 4:53 PM, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
>
>> Greetings PSUBS group, Douglas Suhr
here to share my take on the 4-day
>>
sub operation we just completed in Islamorada, FL (July
31st, August
>> 1-3).
>>
>> Wow, what a
whirlwind! So July 31st was really an arrival / setup day
>> with August 1-3 being true operational
days. Though it was unfortunate
>>
that Alec wasn't able to make it with Shackleton, we had
our hands
>> full with Cliff's
R-300. Without Shackleton, we also had enough time
>> to get Snoopy set up and lowered into
the canal for some basic diving.
>>
>> List of Crew: Dan Lance, Steve
McQueen, Cliff Redus, Rick Maxwell,
>>
River Dolfi, Mike Patterson, Doug, Sarah, Douglas Suhr.
>>
>> This was my
first time meeting Dan Lance, a (retired) saturation
diver
>> and commercial welder. What a
pleasure to have him join us on this
>> operation. Dan is modest, but most
willing to share his knowledge and
>>
extensive experience with a newbie like me. So pleased to
have chatted
>> with him in the Keys.
During the towing of the R-300, Dan manned the
>> tow line and helped with comms.
>>
>> Steve McQueen
and River Dolfi did awesome jobs as our frog men.
>> Filming, attaching / detaching davit
and tow lines, etc. they were
>> both
in and out of the water quite a bit (especially Steve). I
think
>> River took a little jelly
sting for the team. What troopers!
>>
>> Cliff and his
assistant Rick are such a joy be around. Rick is one of
>> the friendliest people you'll ever
meet (and even brought a gift for
>>
the group: a watermelon, straight from Texas!). Cliff is
always
>> willing to share his
expertise (and sub, too) with anyone who'd like
>> to learn more. I know that between Dan
Lance and Cliff, I learned more
>>
than I can remember last week.
>>
>> Mike Patterson, mom, dad and myself
were all just providing whatever
>>
kind of "troop support" we could to Cliff and the
R-300.
>>
>>
River, Steve and Myself got in some dive time on Snoopy in
the canal
>> (which was great), but I
think the biggest accomplishment was getting
>> the R-300 out a ways into the
ocean.
>>
>> Our
Boston Whaler (a 25' boat with a single 250hp Yamaha)
was able to
>> tow the R-300 out about
5 miles into the ocean (at about 4mph). We
>> were in radio communication with Cliff
most of the time, though we did
>>
suffer a few intermittent losses in comms. When we got to a
spot about
>> 100 feet deep, we
started to slow down a bit and at that point the tow
>> line hook (an admittedly cheap thing)
let loose(!) so we decided that
>> we
had reached our dive location. We switched from marine radio
to OTS
>> and Cliff started down.
Visibility was supurb! As Cliff neared the
>> bottom at 100 ? 110 feet, he was still
quite visible from the Whaler!
>> His
18 foot long R-300 looked to be about 3 inches long, but wow
did
>> it ever stand out from the rest
of the sandy bottom. Cliff spent about
>> an hour "flying" his sub,
surfacing, diving and maneuvering about,
>> testing systems and observing the
ocean around him. By the time Cliff
>>
surfaced and we towed back to port Antigua, elapsed time
stood at 4.5
>> / 5 hours (estimate).
Cliff said that he stayed cool by the water
>> flowing over the sub's dome hatch
while in tow. Upon returning I think
>> we were all ready to take a break, but
everyone felt great
>> accomplishment
with the mission.
>>
>> A couple of lessons I took away from
the tow out: We need better tow
>>
equipment (better line, hardware and maybe a quick release).
Our boat
>> REALLY needs a GPS (still
don't have one). Towing into waves isn't so
>> much a problem, but when towing with
the waves, our tow line needs to
>> be
measured so as to sustain the proper distance between tow
vessel
>> and sub (otherwise the sub
and boat are constantly slacking and then
>> jerking, stressing the tow line and
making it difficult for boat and
>>
sub to track straight).
>>
>> The devotion of our crew was amazing,
even in the heat and the waves
>>
everyone did their jobs. Managing even a small sub operation
like this
>> is more work / effort
than meets the eye, that's for sure. At dinner,
>> one of the main discussions revolved
around a support vessel that can
>>
carry a sub or two on board, eliminating the slow, time
consuming tow
>> out to an ocean dive
site. Dan Lance shared details on his support
>> vessel project, which is no doubt
going to be a dream in terms of
>>
logistics. Hopefully when said vessel is ready to sail, Dan
will lend
>> its services to host a
diving event! ~ Douglas S.
>>
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Hi Cliff,
Congrats on your
dives. Sub really looks great in those videos.
With regards to an AC solution, one low tech
method would be to blow air across ice in a small cooler.
Water ice can be super cooled with Dry Ice the night before.
Dry ice is about - 100 F and water ice cooled to this
temperature should stay cold for quite some time.
Greg C From: Cliff Redus via
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Sent: Wednesday, August 9,
2017 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
Islamorada Trip Report...
Footage from my sub on the trip is limited due
to condensation on viewport.? I used Dove soap on the
viewport interior?prior to taking off but because of the
humidity , temperature and duration of the dive, this
treatment did not last and I did not have more soap on
board.? The other issue is I only had two hand towels on
board and these became soaked with sweat.? As such, they
were not good for cleaning the condensation off?after the
two hour tow to the dive site.? Action items:? Have small
bottle of Dove soap on board and more towels for future long
duration dives.?
Yes, I have been reading
up on peltier coolers.? I have quite a bit of battery
capacity so this could work.? Unfortunately, mounting on
hull won't work for me as I have syntactic foam under
the FRP shell over the hull so I don't have a cool
surface to mount on.? I do have a pair of plugged off ports
on the bottom of the boat that would give me access to
cooling water source if I installed a small pump on this
circuit.? Pushing this water through a small fin-fan cooler
like you would see on?water cooled motorcycle would help
with the temperature some what but not?humidity.? ?At
Islamorada, the average water temperature at the time of the
dive was about 87F so this would not have helped all that
much.? A small DC AC system that controlled both temperature
and humidity would be better.
On the
thruster pneumatic pressure compensation, I was very happy
with how this worked.? I have all four of my thrusters
connected to 1/4" SS tubing that is manifold into a
single pressure reducing/relieving regulator (thanks Hugh)
?under the cover just aft of the pilot.?I was not sure if a
single regulator would work or if I would need one for each
thruster but it looks like one was adequate.? I have had two
deep dives with the arrangement, one to 155 ft and one to
100 ft and have had no issues with water in the
thrusters.
Best Regards
Cliff
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at
10:50 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
Thanks
Cliff,I presume you shot some footage from your sub &
this is the entr?e!Nice & clear, you must have been
pretty happy down there!After you mentioned air
conditioning, I looked into peltier elements &air
conditioning units. The peltier conditioners have only 25%
the efficiency?of a normal compression cycle system, but are
really small & by reversingthe polarity can act as
heaters. A few of those peltier elements stuck to the
hull?with air channelled past them might be the way to go!
Not sure what batteries youare using, but the new battery
technologies on the way will make energyexpenditure less of
an issue!Do you have all 4 motors exhausting through one
regulator? Couldn't see any?air coming out of the motor
seals so the pressure isn't building up too muchwhen
exhausting.Cheers Alan
Sent from my iPad
On 9/08/2017,
at 8:25 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles
<personal_submersibles at psubs. org> wrote:
Added two
quick and dirty Youtube videos from 2017 Psubs Regatta.? The
first is the 100 ft dive 5.3 miles offshore on Aug 3??https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=sHqL49V0lMw?and the second is a night dive in front
of Doug's house??https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=KDBw1ZOdKaI.? Alec is working on a more
comprehensive video of the Regatta.
Regards
Cliff
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Douglas Suhr
via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.
org> wrote:
Greetings
PSUBS group, Douglas Suhr here to share my take on the
4-day
sub operation we just completed in
Islamorada, FL (July 31st, August
1-3).
Wow, what a whirlwind! So July
31st was really an arrival / setup day
with
August 1-3 being true operational days. Though it was
unfortunate
that Alec wasn't able to
make it with Shackleton, we had our hands
full with Cliff's R-300. Without
Shackleton, we also had enough time
to get
Snoopy set up and lowered into the canal for some basic
diving.
List of Crew: Dan
Lance, Steve McQueen, Cliff Redus, Rick Maxwell,
River Dolfi, Mike Patterson, Doug, Sarah,
Douglas Suhr.
This was my
first time meeting Dan Lance, a (retired) saturation
diver
and commercial welder. What a pleasure
to have him join us on this
operation. Dan
is modest, but most willing to share his knowledge and
extensive experience with a newbie like me. So
pleased to have chatted
with him in the
Keys. During the towing of the R-300, Dan manned the
tow line and helped with comms.
Steve McQueen and River Dolfi
did awesome jobs as our frog men.
Filming,
attaching / detaching davit and tow lines, etc. they were
both in and out of the water quite a bit
(especially Steve). I think
River took a
little jelly sting for the team. What troopers!
Cliff and his assistant Rick
are such a joy be around. Rick is one of
the
friendliest people you'll ever meet (and even brought a
gift for
the group: a watermelon, straight
from Texas!). Cliff is always
willing to
share his expertise (and sub, too) with anyone who'd
like
to learn more. I know that between Dan
Lance and Cliff, I learned more
than I can
remember last week.
Mike
Patterson, mom, dad and myself were all just providing
whatever
kind of "troop support"
we could to Cliff and the R-300.
River, Steve and Myself got in some dive time
on Snoopy in the canal
(which was great),
but I think the biggest accomplishment was getting
the R-300 out a ways into the ocean.
Our Boston Whaler (a 25'
boat with a single 250hp Yamaha) was able to
tow the R-300 out about 5 miles into the ocean
(at about 4mph). We
were in radio
communication with Cliff most of the time, though we did
suffer a few intermittent losses in comms. When
we got to a spot about
100 feet deep, we
started to slow down a bit and at that point the tow
line hook (an admittedly cheap thing) let
loose(!) so we decided that
we had reached
our dive location. We switched from marine radio to OTS
and Cliff started down. Visibility was supurb!
As Cliff neared the
bottom at 100 ? 110
feet, he was still quite visible from the Whaler!
His 18 foot long R-300 looked to be about 3
inches long, but wow did
it ever stand out
from the rest of the sandy bottom. Cliff spent about
an hour "flying" his sub, surfacing,
diving and maneuvering about,
testing
systems and observing the ocean around him. By the time
Cliff
surfaced and we towed back to port
Antigua, elapsed time stood at 4.5
/ 5 hours
(estimate). Cliff said that he stayed cool by the water
flowing over the sub's dome hatch while in
tow. Upon returning I think
we were all
ready to take a break, but everyone felt great
accomplishment with the mission.
A couple of lessons I took
away from the tow out: We need better tow
equipment (better line, hardware and maybe a
quick release). Our boat
REALLY needs a GPS
(still don't have one). Towing into waves isn't
so
much a problem, but when towing with the
waves, our tow line needs to
be measured so
as to sustain the proper distance between tow vessel
and sub (otherwise the sub and boat are
constantly slacking and then
jerking,
stressing the tow line and making it difficult for boat
and
sub to track straight).
The devotion of our crew was
amazing, even in the heat and the waves
everyone did their jobs. Managing even a small
sub operation like this
is more work /
effort than meets the eye, that's for sure. At
dinner,
one of the main discussions revolved
around a support vessel that can
carry a sub
or two on board, eliminating the slow, time consuming tow
out to an ocean dive site. Dan Lance shared
details on his support
vessel project, which
is no doubt going to be a dream in terms of
logistics. Hopefully when said vessel is ready
to sail, Dan will lend
its services to host
a diving event! ~ Douglas S.
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