<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10001"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10000">Thanks,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10001"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10226">painting isn't an option for me, as the end cap is a plug</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10004"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10003">with an o-ring round it, & is such a tight fit </span>that I wouldn't even add a few microns of paint. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10055"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10101">To get it off I slacken the bolts, then add a bit of air </span>pressure to move it.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9999"><span>Alan</span></div><br> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9998"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9997" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9996"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9995"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10100"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10099"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10148"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 19, 2015 5:12 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Chamber<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9994"><br><div id="yiv7620773582"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9993"><div dir="ltr">I painted mine also, then after the final weld, poured some paint in and rolled it around. Not very scientific, but hopefully its covered. </div><div class="yiv7620773582gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9992"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7620773582gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9991">On 18 December 2015 at 15:46, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv7620773582gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9990"><div class="yiv7620773582yqt5363653778" id="yiv7620773582yqt02427"><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9989"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10219">Yeah, you can just paint it. I painted the inside of my forward hard ballast. I left a 4" fitting where I was able to get my arm in after the final weld of the end cap.</div><div> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_9988">Brian<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--- <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10218">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10191"><br clear="none">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"></span><span>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Chamber<br clear="none"></span>Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:33:36 +0000 (UTC)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10196"><div class="yiv7620773582h5" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10195"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10194"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10360"><span>Alan,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10193"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10192"> You can paint the interior, that is the </span>simplest. Fresh water is no big deal like salt water. I like WD 40 for protecting bare steel in fresh water. You might not like that on your parts though.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10361"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10203"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10202"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10201"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10217"><font face="Arial" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10216"> On Friday, December 18, 2015 3:39 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10200"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10199"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10198"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10197">I empty the tank before diving of course to save most of the stuff. Only problem is its a bit slimy, so any left in the tank can slime up the underside of the boat on the first purge. However, ive found that by purging the tank while driving forward gets rid of it without it glooping all over the hull. Once its flushed though once, its all gone.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10204"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10205">On 18 December 2015 at 10:14, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10211"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10210"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10209"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10208"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10215"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10214">Thanks James,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10207"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10206">it looks good. Contains no solvents.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10363"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10362">I just looked it up & they sell it down here. <br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10213"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10212">Alan</span></div><br clear="none"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450462620857_10364"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><span><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> </span><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 18, 2015 11:02 PM<div><div><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Chamber<br clear="none"> </div></div> </div><div><div> <div><br clear="none"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>I fill my variable tank with liquid fluid film after dives which I am hoping is preventing the tank from rusting. Its lanolin which is completely natural so can be pumped out into the sea next dive.</div><div> </div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.fluid-film.com/">http://www.fluid-film.com/</a></div><div> </div><div>regards</div><div>James</div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div><br clear="none"><div>On 18 December 2015 at 07:44, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;"><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div><span>Thanks Steve,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>that's not a bad idea regarding the liner.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I'll head off to the plastics store with a tape measure.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Cheers Alan</span></div><br clear="none"> <div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 18, 2015 7:57 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Chamber<br clear="none"> </div><div><div> <div><br clear="none"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Alan,</div><div>I leave water in mine permanently, but it's stainless so not such a big deal. If you put additives in, you'll also have to make sure they're compatible with all the stuff you're going to put in it (ie. acrylic, seal material, etc.), I reckon that's probably more important that the unlikely chance of spontaneous explosions.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Alternatively, what if you made a kind of liner that could be filled with water and save the water contacting the pressure-containing walls? Could be as simple as putting a plastic container inside, or a welded stainless steel tube with end disc.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Steve</div></div><div><br clear="none"><div>On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;"><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div>Sending this again as I didn't receive it. </div><div>Hank, (or anyone)</div><div dir="ltr">do you add an anti-rust solution to your water in your pressure test chamber?</div><div dir="ltr">I was thinking of putting something like anti-freeze in the water in the test chamber</div><div dir="ltr">& leaving the fluid in the test chamber permanently.</div><div dir="ltr">I have heard that the gas given off by some liquids can be explosive under pressure.</div><div dir="ltr">I think this would be rare, but if there is something safe I could add that you know of</div><div dir="ltr">it would be appreciated.</div><span><font color="#888888"></font></span><div dir="ltr">Alan</div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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