[PSUBS-MAILIST] minn-Kota

Sun Aug 14 23:19:56 EDT 2022

Cliff, yes I will post a drawing and maybe a picture of what I am thinking
of. Keep your fingers crossed!

Rick

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 3:53 PM Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Rick, if the new way you have designed to connect the motor leads to the
> spade connection on the MK 101 lower unit works, please work up a sketch or
> drawing and share with Psubs.org.  I know a lot of us would like to see an
> alternative way of making this connection.  Yo can send drawing to Jon and
> he can post at web site.
>
> Best
>
> Cliff
>
> On Sunday, August 14, 2022 at 07:23:46 PM CDT, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Alan, the more options the better.
>
> Rick
>
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 11:18 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Rick,
> I got the picture of the worn wire, thanks.
> It is probably a bit difficult to send photos that would describe exactly
> what is going on.
> Am wondering if you could scuff up the housing a bit & epoxy the wire to
> the housing. After all the magnets are glued to the housing. You might have
> to clamp the
> Wire against the housing with a piece of wood or something while drying
> and use as much epoxy as you can. I have found that epoxy doesn't do a
> great job of glueing to PVC wire jackets, so try & cover as much of it as
> you can & cover as much housing as you can with the epoxy.
> I made my own brushless thruster because I wasn't happy with what was out
> there; and what was ok cost thousands.
> Alan
>
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> On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 at 6:12 am, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> Been doing alot of thinking on this as it is a big problem. I might see if
> I can fabricate two things that are rigid that do a hard 90 off the spade
> on the motor which will then do another hard 90 again just before the wall
> of the housing, then shorten the wires coming out of the epoxy and put
> spade connectors on them again so that you are plugging them in just as
> they come out of the rod going thru the hull that is filled with epoxy
> instead of plugging them in at the motor like the factory did.  As they
> say,,,Looks good on paper. Just finished giving the inside another coat of
> paint working my way out the back. What a real pain as I had to do a lot of
> masking with painters tape on the wires and piping to keep them from
> getting paint on them and using a real small brush sometimes to get into
> the tight spots. Now I have to remove it all😬, but the next step is
> welding the back dome on which will be another milestone for me. Gonna try
> and tig weld the root and hot pass and cap on the inside and not have to do
> any stick welding to preserve the new paint job that I just did.
> I'll provide a picture to the group of what I come up with for the motor
> and results.
>
> Rick
> Rick
>
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 12:36 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Hi Rick,
> anything that might help with finding a solution, or showing what the
> problem is.
> Alan
>
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> On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 at 9:02 am, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> Alan, do you want a photo of a close up of the bare spot on the wire or a
> shot of the body and end close together just before you plug in the lugs?
>
> Rick
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:21 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Rick,
> can you post a photo of it either here or on the Facebook page.
> Alan
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 at 12:51 pm, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> Thanks Alan, I have some and was thinking that that would be my only
> option but wanted to double check with the gang. No matter what I put on
> that area, if it rubs again it's going to go pretty much anything I put on
> it. I am using the 90 degree spade clips like the factory did but just
> wish the guys who designed it would of designed it a little differently.
> Hindsight!
>
> Rick
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 1:51 PM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Rick,
> There are various versions of liquid tape you could brush on to any
> exposed wires. Apply a number of thinner coats rather than one thick coat.
> Alan
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 at 7:56 am, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles
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