<div dir="ltr">I just checked ABS and the separate penetrator rule only applies to the penetrations for batteries outside the pressure hull. With a motor supplied from inside you would have a way to cut the power. That said, obviously you will still want to insulate everything to prevent accidental shorts, because if you had to cut power to the penetrator you would be forgoing your propulsion.  <div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alec</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Alan, Alec,    My batteries are inside, this would be power going to the motor.   It would be fused before going to the motors.  Is the individual penetrators only for a exterior battery pod?</div><div> </div><div>Brian<br><br>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a> wrote:<br><br>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>><span class=""><br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>><br></span>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] penetrator<br>Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 05:13:31 +0000 (UTC)<br><br></div><div><div class="h5"><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></span></div><div>Brian, Alec,</div><div>from memory GL says that the battery + & - should go through</div><div dir="ltr">separate penetrators but doesn't stipulate this for anything else.</div><div dir="ltr">This makes sense, because if there was a short, & unless there was a fuse in the</div><div dir="ltr">battery pod, then you could have a battery melt down.</div><div dir="ltr">Alan</div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></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"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 17, 2016 4:02 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] penetrator<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Brian,<div><br></div><div>If these are power penetrators and memory serves, ABS stipulates that each pole should go through a separate penetrator rather than separate conductors within the same one.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div></div><div><br><div>On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>></span> wrote:<br><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 style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hank,   Starting to work on my electrical penetrators for my motor pods .   I need to run 4  - 1/4"  copper threaded rods thru a penetrator  what kind of separation between them is adequate ?  or should I break it up into two penetrators?</div><div> </div><div>Brian <br><br>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a> wrote:<br><br>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a>><br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs. org</a>><br>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] penetrator<br>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 23:01:23 +0000 (UTC)<br><br></div><span></span><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)"><div>Hi All,</div><div dir="ltr">I am looking for a penetrator supplier,  I am hoping to find male ends for some penetrators I have.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Hank</div></div>______________________________ _________________
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