<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Well, maybe a break in period will help, too.</div><div>Vance<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Dec 14, 2013, at 3:36 PM, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Vance,</span></div><div><span>Yes it is linear, it is a very smooth and gradual.  Everything spins freely.  I may have a bit to much grease on my thrust bearing also.  </span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, December 14, 2013 1:26:10 PM, Vance Bradley <<a href="mailto:Vbra676539@AOL.com">Vbra676539@AOL.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div>  <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1427941847"><div><div>Linear meaning a steady increase in demand in
 parallel to rising pressure. If you have a low rise with a sudden increase somewhere along the line then you may have a component not working as it should.</div><div>Vance</div><div><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv1427941847yqt9000163239" id="yiv1427941847yqt77955"><div><br clear="none">On Dec 14, 2013, at 3:02 PM, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca"><a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Hi Vance,</span></div><div><span>I did not have it in the sub so it was not hooked up to the amp gauge.  What do you mean by
 linear.</span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yiv1427941847yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, December 14, 2013 11:12:40 AM, Vance Bradley <<a href="mailto:Vbra676539@AOL.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Vbra676539@AOL.com"><a href="mailto:Vbra676539@AOL.com">Vbra676539@AOL.com</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <div class="yiv1427941847y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1427941847"><div><div>How much did your amperage increase at depth? Was the load increase linear?</div><div>Vance<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv1427941847yqt7545992460" id="yiv1427941847yqt30099"><div><br clear="none">On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:07 PM, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca"></a><a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca"><a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv1427941847"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yiv1427941847yui_3_13_0_ym1_6_1387044021305_5"><span>I just did a 1/2hr run on my new drive with the
 shaft tube full of water and under
 500psi.  The seal works perfectly and there is very little heat build up.  I was surprised how much the motor pulls down after 200psi.  I assume it is from the shaft pushing into the thrust bearing.  Also I am running the motor on 12v because it spins to fast on 24 with no load.</span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yiv1427941847yahoo_quoted" id="yiv1427941847yui_3_13_0_ym1_6_1387044021305_6" style="display: block;">
 <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2746" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2747" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv1427941847yqt0640047188" id="yiv1427941847yqt87099"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, December 12, 2013 1:27:28 PM, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca"></a><a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca"><a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <div class="yiv1427941847y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1427941847"><div><div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2749" style="color:
 rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Vance,</span></div><div><span>Thank you, it only took me two tries to make the assembly and 5
 tries to make the shaft.  Rookie machinist and all.  :-)</span></div><div><span>Hank </span></div><div class="yiv1427941847yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2751" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2752" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv1427941847yqt9411600050" id="yiv1427941847yqtfd69774"><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:36:27 PM, Alan <<a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com"></a><a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <div class="yiv1427941847y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1427941847"><div><div>Carsten,</div><div>Your friends in Hamburg wouldn't be happy with
 the get wet solution.</div><div>As an after thought on my ambient, I put a AOP valve above my</div><div>head & through the dome. It works the opposite way round, so that if</div><div>I dive too quick & the hull doesn't equalise, I get water on my head.</div><div>The hull is equalised with divers regulators so better to get wet</div><div>than the regulator diaphragm rupturing.  The manual operation of the</div><div>AOP let's me flood up to the top of the dome in an emergency exit,</div><div>as there may be too much force on the latches to open them with</div><div>air in the dome. </div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On 13/12/2013, at 7:33 AM, " " <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"></a><a href="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de"></a><a href="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de"><a href="mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de">MerlinSub@t-online.de</a></a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>

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<div><span><i>If you have an over-pressure valve handle obstructing 
the Alan</i></span></div>
<div class="yiv1427941847yqt2406713824" id="yiv1427941847yqtfd74061"><div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2755" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;"><span><i>movement 
of the hatch latch handle, it would need to be</i></span></div>
<div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2756" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;"><span><i>spring 
loaded or you would create the problem of the possibility</i></span></div>
<div class="yiv1427941847ms__id2757" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;"><span><i>of diving with 
the valve open later on.<br clear="none"></i><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yes, and if you dive with a open valve 
you get wet<br clear="none">learn to close it and learn to read you "pre-dive" checklist. 
<br clear="none"><br clear="none">:-O   <br clear="none"><br clear="none">SL not required an blocking mechanism on the 
hatch - just an <br clear="none">simple spring loaded automatic overpressure valve. 
<br clear="none">Because of the automatic there is no need to block the hatch. <br clear="none">The air 
sound of the working valve is a clear signal not to open the hatch.<br clear="none">The 
function of the valve should be anyway mention in the written manual. 
<br clear="none"><br clear="none">very best regards<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Carsten<br clear="none"></span></div></div></div><div class="yiv1427941847yqt2406713824" id="yiv1427941847yqtfd73887">
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