From personal_submersibles at psubs.org Fri Mar 6 10:50:29 2026 From: personal_submersibles at psubs.org (Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 15:50:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] UNIR subsea connectors References: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> I was looking at the UNIR subsea connectors (https://unircable.com/) and noticed with their power series the maximum capacity is 25 amps.? Noting that many of us are using MK101's drawing up to 40 amps, I'm curious if anyone has purchased UNIR power connectors for their 101's and seen any overheating issues. Jon From personal_submersibles at psubs.org Sun Mar 8 06:06:42 2026 From: personal_submersibles at psubs.org (Alan James via Personal_Submersibles) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 10:06:42 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] UNIR subsea connectors In-Reply-To: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2032049860.6311063.1772964402316@mail.yahoo.com> Jon,I put the product images through chatGPT & it said that it is a per pin rating & that people will buy the 4 pin option & have 2 wires from the battery? positive to 2 connectors & same with negative.There are a number of manufacturers on Alibaba that have higher rated connectors.Alan Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 at 4:52 am, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles wrote: I was looking at the UNIR subsea connectors (https://unircable.com/) and noticed with their power series the maximum capacity is 25 amps.? Noting that many of us are using MK101's drawing up to 40 amps, I'm curious if anyone has purchased UNIR power connectors for their 101's and seen any overheating issues. Jon _______________________________________________ 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: From personal_submersibles at psubs.org Sun Mar 8 11:12:40 2026 From: personal_submersibles at psubs.org (Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 15:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] UNIR subsea connectors In-Reply-To: <2032049860.6311063.1772964402316@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> <2032049860.6311063.1772964402316@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1528034892.2076888.1772982760842@mail.yahoo.com> Not a bad idea but won't help with my current configuration using only two wires.? I found underwaterelectricalconnectors.com which is another SubConn chinese knockoff who rates their power connectors at 60 amps, however they have not answered a quote request I sent a week ago. Jon On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 06:09:03 AM EDT, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles wrote: Jon, I put the product images through chatGPT & it said that it is a per pin rating & that people will buy the 4 pin option & have 2 wires from the battery? positive to 2 connectors & same with negative. There are a number of manufacturers on Alibaba that have higher rated connectors. Alan From personal_submersibles at psubs.org Sun Mar 8 13:09:51 2026 From: personal_submersibles at psubs.org (Justin Helland via Personal_Submersibles) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 10:09:51 -0700 Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] UNIR subsea connectors In-Reply-To: <1528034892.2076888.1772982760842@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> <2032049860.6311063.1772964402316@mail.yahoo.com> <1528034892.2076888.1772982760842@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: There?s a company here in San Diego that we used when we were building the Spray2 gliders and Subconn was giving us 6-8 month lead times: https://dragonfishmfg.com/ I?m not sure if they make connectors with that high of current rating but worth checking out, they were great for low volume orders and quick turnaround time -justin On Sun, Mar 8, 2026 at 8:13?AM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles < personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote: > Not a bad idea but won't help with my current configuration using only two > wires. I found underwaterelectricalconnectors.com which is another > SubConn chinese knockoff who rates their power connectors at 60 amps, > however they have not answered a quote request I sent a week ago. > > Jon > > > > On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 06:09:03 AM EDT, Alan James via > Personal_Submersibles wrote: > > Jon, > I put the product images through chatGPT & it said that it is a per pin > rating & that people will buy the 4 pin option & have 2 wires from the > battery positive to 2 connectors & same with negative. > There are a number of manufacturers on Alibaba that have higher rated > connectors. > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > 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: From personal_submersibles at psubs.org Sun Mar 8 15:47:56 2026 From: personal_submersibles at psubs.org (Alan James via Personal_Submersibles) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 19:47:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] UNIR subsea connectors In-Reply-To: <1528034892.2076888.1772982760842@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1239948454.5823011.1772812229122@mail.yahoo.com> <2032049860.6311063.1772964402316@mail.yahoo.com> <1528034892.2076888.1772982760842@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <287138894.6418992.1772999276217@mail.yahoo.com> A timely thread as I'm building 2 lithium ion battery pods.??My 4 thrusters draw 45 amps each full power.The amount of time where I use my vertical & horizontal simultaneously will be limited, but still I will need contacts that can handle 90 amps.Perhaps I will use that split wire idea.Let me know how you get on thanks.Alan Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer On Mon, 9 Mar 2026 at 4:14 am, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles wrote: Not a bad idea but won't help with my current configuration using only two wires.? I found underwaterelectricalconnectors.com which is another SubConn chinese knockoff who rates their power connectors at 60 amps, however they have not answered a quote request I sent a week ago. Jon On Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 06:09:03 AM EDT, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles wrote: Jon, I put the product images through chatGPT & it said that it is a per pin rating & that people will buy the 4 pin option & have 2 wires from the battery? positive to 2 connectors & same with negative. There are a number of manufacturers on Alibaba that have higher rated connectors. Alan _______________________________________________ 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: