<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hank,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">the relays should work ok in oil.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I would drill a hole in the casing if it's not a solid state relay.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Otherwise if it's a sealed enclosure it will collapse under pressure &</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">maybe be hindered from working.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Easy to trim the 4 corners of one side of the relay, pull a side off & trial</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">it in a bowl of oil.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">BTW waiting for the 10 page Tahoe dive report. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Alan<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 9/07/2018, at 4:14 AM, 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>I am getting organized to put E3000 together with some changes. The sub will be shaped like a work class ROV, with jettisoning occupant sphere.</div><div>Jettisoning the sphere means I need to have the thruster relays external and mounted inside the oil filled battery box. Has anyone experimented with relays operating in vegetable oil?</div><div>Hank</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></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>