<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>Alan,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I assume the threaded shaft is just a means of attaching it with a hole in the middle. If so, file it shorter, put a nut on the tread first and the nut will fix the end of the tread when you remove it.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482977512882_5789"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 6:47 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4317666778"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2406"> Just received my 6 pressure transducers from China.</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2407">These were tailor made for me to fit in to the high pressure port</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2463" dir="ltr">of my first stage regulator; So rather than have high pressure air</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2451" dir="ltr">& oxygen coming through the hull wall, I just have wires.</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2450" dir="ltr"> Unfortunately it looks like they have got it wrong. They have a conical</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2715" dir="ltr">portion at the base of the male thread that makes it impossible to seal</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2716" dir="ltr">with an O-ring. I specified 10mm for thread & shank, but the 3mm extra </div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2766" dir="ltr">on the conical portion means the flat faces of the pressure transmitter & </div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2770" dir="ltr">regulator can't meet. Other than that it looks ideal for potting the wires.</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_3221" dir="ltr"> Any suggestions for a fix on this, other than sending them back?</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_2856" dir="ltr">I could possibly turn the conical portion down & stack washes under the</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_3222" dir="ltr">o-ring. The fit was also a bit sloppy, but so was the original plug that was</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_3246" dir="ltr">in this high pressure port. Not sure if this is normal or not.</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_3247" dir="ltr">See attached photos, thanks.</div><div id="yiv4317666778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482974612554_3248" dir="ltr">Alan</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>