<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Brian,</div><div>I am not an expert, but I use a small gas torch on the heavy stuff. </div><div>Just heat the rod & wire up well first. Hank or someone else with experience</div><div>might want to comment, but I would wind the wire around the rod & </div><div>solder it then cut back any excess wire sticking up after soldering.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 23/01/2017, at 8:07 PM, Brian Cox 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:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi Alan, There is a larger diameter bore on the ocean side yes, goes from 1 5/32 down to 7/8" . I'm going to run the wires thru a vinyl tube filled with oil . I think I'm going to need a heavy duty soldering iron to solder the # 5 wire to the 3/16" solid rod however! Not sure </div><div>if my little iron is up to the job !</div><div> </div><div>Brian</div><div><br><br>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:<br><br>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] elec thru hulls<br>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 03:32:18 +0000 (UTC)<br><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Very good Brian.</span></div><div><span>Is there a step or cone shape in the seaward side of the through-hull to</span></div><div><span>key in the potting mix? Also how are you coating the wiring coming in to</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>the through-hull.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Cheers Alan</span></div><div><br><br></div><div style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> PSubs <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 23, 2017 3:38 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] elec thru hulls<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Hi All,</div><div> Been working on my electrical thru hull penetrators. I'm going to have three 3/16" copper conductors going through them. I still need to pot the conductors in. They are going through a 1 1/2" aluminum disk which is exactly the same size as my acrylic viewport .</div><div> </div><div>Here's a pic:</div><div> </div><div>Cheers,</div><div> </div><div>Brian</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div>_______________________________________________
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