[PSUBS-MAILIST] no more leaks

[James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank,

As you know I tested my Dome to 200 feet.  The gasket is well greased and
after the 200 feet test, there was quite a lot of grease squeezed out, so I
am assuming it slid a little on the gasket.  It didn't leak.

Regards
James

On 1 July 2015 at 09:33, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>
> Hi Alec,
> Funny you say that, it is 2;30 am an I can t sleep because I think my dome
> needs grease under it.
> The sound was like built up tension releasing, very frightening! :-0   I
> thought the EPDM gasket would have enough give (slip) maybe not. There is a
> very big temperature change at the bottom.  Guess what I am doing today.
> Hank --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 6/30/15, Private via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] no more leaks
>  To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Received: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 10:50 PM
>
>  Hank, do you have some
>  grease under that dome? I recall Phil saying the scariest
>  thing he's ever experienced was the screech of an
>  un-greased dome contracting.
>
>  Best,
>
>  Alec
>
>
>
>  > On Jun 30, 2015, at 6:53 PM, hank pronk
>  via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  >
>  > Finally!
>
>  > Today is the first time Gamma did not
>  leak a drop of oil from the drive, my new seal and new
>  compensating hose did the trick.  The light bar on the
>  other hand has some water.  This time the light bar was
>  just sealed full of oil.  I think I am not getting all the
>  air out, I will try a piece of clear garden hose next.
>  > I had a little scare today, the dome must
>  have squeezed the gasket and let some tension off the
>  retaining straps.  This made a scary sound.  I am doing
>  another dive tomorrow, then I am off to do a proper deep
>  test.  I am pushing my luck maybe. I am only diving 100
>  feet and like Vance says, a shoe box can be sealed to 100
>  feet :-)
>  > Hank
>  >
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