<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2827"><span>Jon,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2829"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2828">I remember those subconn connectors were rated in relation to the</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2830"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2935">thick insulation surrounding them. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2830"><span><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2831" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(59, 59, 59); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2918" class="">2 contacts current rating: 10 A per contact (max 20 A per connector)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(59, 59, 59); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2920" class=""><span style="color: rgb(59, 59, 59); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2922" class="">3, 4 and 5 contacts current rating: 10 A per contact (max 30 A per connector)</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2831" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2830" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2935" class="">So it's not just the wire gauge you need to take </span>in to consideration.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2830" class="">There are charts like this one I just Googled for selecting required wire thickness.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2830" class=""><a href="http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wire-gauges-d_419.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_3100" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Wire Gauges - Current Ratings</a><br></div><div style="width:450px; 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font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2895"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2894"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2898"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2897"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2899"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 9, 2016 6:50 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Electrical thru-hull<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454969446540_2893"><br><br clear="none">Anyone know how the delron is going to hold up to being banged on <br clear="none">assuming I swing the sub around and something hits it? Maybe a <br clear="none">stainless body with a delron insert would be a better design from that <br clear="none">perspective?<div class="yqt5690280428" id="yqtfd64937"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jon<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>