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<div>Alan,</div><div>My ice cube submarine also has variable displacement.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, December 31, 2017, 11:31:49 PM MST, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv5233716068"><div><div>Hank, </div><div id="yiv5233716068AppleMailSignature">your ice cube submarine complies with G.L. rules for submarines in many</div><div id="yiv5233716068AppleMailSignature">respects. It's buoyancy is 10% of it's pressure tight volume for one.</div><div id="yiv5233716068AppleMailSignature">Happy New Year everyone, what a great group of people.</div><div id="yiv5233716068AppleMailSignature">Cheers Alan</div><div id="yiv5233716068AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv5233716068yqt7449364727" id="yiv5233716068yqt27565"><div><br clear="none">On 1/01/2018, at 11:41 AM, hank pronk 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"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>Happy new year, my wife just gave me a drink with an ice cube shaped like a submarine lol</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Sunday, December 31, 2017, 2:55:46 PM MST, Brian Cox 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:
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<div><div id="yiv5233716068"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Happy New year ! </div><div> </div><div>Brian Cox<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: 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">To: <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">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hatch Closure Mechanism<br clear="none">Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:42:13 -0500<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"></font><div>In fact, Happy New Year to one and all.
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<div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Happy New Year to you, as well.
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<div>Thanks Vance, </div>
<div>great stuff, Happy New Year.</div>
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<div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">And speaking of springs, we always terminated each of the MBT blow lines (externally) with a check valve. It keeps the lines clear and you don't get water backing up to your panel valves at depth. TIP: Use ball type. The piston type check valves do an incredibly good impersonation of sustained flatulence. It makes the passengers giggle helplessly.
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<div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">You are almost always dealing with a vacuum when returning to the surface, which in any case you can control over time via the life support system. We used a 1/4" ball valve of the HP air bank to equalize. On the Perry boats, an external vent line was routed from the penetrator up to the conning tower and wrapped in an inverted 'J' over the aft viewport. That way venting out cleared the line. There was no over pressurization valve as such. We depended on pilots, not springs. I've seen a lot of chatter about potential leakage into the cabin from the valves and connections on HP air systems at depth. That's what the barometer is for. I've cancelled exactly one dive for that, and snugged up a couple of fittings on the job, as it were. That's why you always carry tools and a bottle of Snoop. It is also why we don't use hardware store fittings. Best quality materials and proper installation pays off in the end.
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<div>River,</div>
<div>GL also requires an over-pressure valve so I think this is in addition to that.</div>
<div>As Steve pointed out, if the closing spring on the over-pressure valve is </div>
<div>2psi then that is 620 lb. pressure (Steve makes it 1000kg) that the hatch</div>
<div>will still be seeing.</div>
<div>Wonder if Vance has any experience on this?</div>
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<div>Ooops, ignore that previous rule. I was reading the Lloyds of London rules, not German Lloyds.<br clear="none">
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The access and exit hatches shall be provided with a closing mechanism which makes it possible to create, even when the submersible is surfaced, a sufficient contact force on the hatch sealing. Sealing systems for hatch covers shall be approved by the Society.<br clear="none">
<b>In addition the closing mechanism shall be designed in a way that opening of the hatch is only possible after pressure equalization has happened, see [4</b>]."<br clear="none">
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<div>Of course, now that I think about it, this requirement is redundant. If an overpressure valve is installed, there would never be high pressure in the cabin to need to relieve. If there is an underpressure, you wouldn't be able to open the hatch anyway!<br clear="none">
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