[PSUBS-MAILIST] motor electrical

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Brian

could you post a couple of pictures of what you are talking about?

Rick

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 5:28 PM Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>                   I recently had an issue with the electrical lines going
> to my motors .  I currently am using 1" flexible industrial grade hose (UV
> resistant) and running my heavy gage jacketed elec power lines to the motor
> thru these hose lines .   I have potted electrodes coming thru the hull in
> a separate fitting that is basically an insert into one of my viewport
> flanges.. And  i have the same type of thing going into the motor, which is
> potted into a 1" ss coupling which is welded to the motor pod  .
> Then I fill the whole thing with mineral oil.  These lines meet at a slip
> coupling fitting so I can disconnect the motor at that point and take in to
> the shop and work on it , or so I can trade motors with a different one.
>  So I've been using pvc barbed 1" male fitting adapters to to screw into my
> motor fitting and the thru hull fitting,  Anyway it's looking like these
> pvc fitting are not up to the task as I had one break on me .  So now I
> need to replace these ,  I'd rather not use brass or ss just because I'm
> worried the cables are so tight that they might make contact and I'll have
> a short.  That's why I opted originally for the pvc.  Does anyone know of a
> really strong fitting I could use ?
>
> Brian
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.whoweb.com/pipermail/personal_submersibles/attachments/20200918/b3a9fa58/attachment.html>