<div dir="ltr">That is an interesting question, but I come in way lower than the values you're suggesting. On Snoopy I set the red-line on the cabin pressure gauge at 1/2 psi. The force on the hatch at the surface, with an overpressure of 1/2 psi, would be close to 400 lbs. I'm not sure what pressure the hatch would blow at, and of course I did have an over-pressure valve, but with the big acrylic dome held down by some UHMW tabs I would not be comfortable with any more than that. For what it's worth (and for Doug's peace of mind!) I did in fact take it to 1/2 psi without it blowing so know its good at least to that threshold. My limit might sound like the cabin pressure has to be awfully closely dialed in, but in practice it's not something I found had any tendency toward wild swings, and could be easily kept under that threshold with a tweak of the O2 feed every 20 minutes or so.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I think this is somewhat subjective but what is general consensus on maximum cabin pressure swing (higher/lower) relative to hatch closing at the start of a dive before setting off alarms? My thought is that an alarm should sound well before any point of emergency. I'm considering sounding a warning at 2psi +/- and an alarm at 4psi +/- but I'm not sure if this is too strict.<br>
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Jon<br>
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