<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550">Alec's idea of simply drilling a small hole through the outer seal effectively eliminates it, if I understand the concept correctly. It also eliminates the need to take the motor apart to remove and replace the seals/bearing.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550">Folks, do we have a resource that could pressure test a one seal solution as installed from the factory?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550">Jon</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11550"><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11549"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11531" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11530"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11529"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11548"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11547"> On Monday, April 10, 2017 11:18 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11528"><div id="yiv0836444345"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11527"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11526"><div id="yiv0836444345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491880139364_2920"><span>I am not sure why there is an </span>interest in keeping both seals, to my mind the outer seal is dead weight. Unless you do as Sean says, to compensate the space between seals, the outer seal is useless. Having two opposite seals is guaranteeing to trap water without Sean's solution. The proof is in the submersible pumps that operate deeper than our subs. Just my two cents ;-)</div><div id="yiv0836444345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491880139364_2920">Hank</div> <div class="yiv0836444345qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11525"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0836444345yqt7074206383" id="yiv0836444345yqt44165"><div class="yiv0836444345yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11535"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11534"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11533"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491910052486_11532"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>