<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hank,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">are you oil compensating your thruster?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If so you would need to calculate the volume of air in the cylinder & air line</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">leading to it. I am not sure what depth you are taking the sub to, but at</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">300ft the air will compress to 1/12th it's original volume.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If you oil filled the compensator it would be a better back up for any oil</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">that will leak out of your thruster.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">You could always go with one of those accumulator bladders Scott mentioned</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">or Cliff's relieving regulator. ( Hugh's idea)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Alan</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 14/09/2017, at 12:31 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hi All,</div><div>Thank you Greg, just sent them a request.</div><div><br></div><div>I have tested my air cylinder compensator for my thrusters both in the pressure test and a couple days ago to 100 feet. The set up seems to work with no water intrusion into the motors. I have the cylinder mounted below the motors witch causes a small air pocket in the hydraulic fitting on top of the motor. I am not worried about the small amount of air except the potential of oil being forced up past the air pocket. This makes me think the compensating cylinder should be above the motors. Then I wonder why does the compensating cylinder need oil in it at all. As long as the bore in the cylinder has enough volume so the piston is not bottomed out at max depth. I also have a small spring pushing the cylinder rod to create a small internal pressure above ambient. Is my logic flawed? it would be very convenient to eliminate the oil in the cylinder and would make the compensator faster to react to pressure change say in a fast ascent. </div><div>Hank</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>