<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3160">Hi Jon,</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3179"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3230">My Minn Kotas leaked oil through the shaft seal and gaskets in the housing. This is probably because both oils that I used (Baby oil first then tried WD40) were too thin.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3349">Thin oil also travels through stranded wire so the terminations need to be sealed in a way that stops oil too.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3335">Thicker silicon based oil with the right potting on the wire would probably solve those issues. </div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3251"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3252">Greg C<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3292" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3291" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3290" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3289" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3294" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3293"> <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> Wednesday, April 5, 2017 7:39 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Oil Compensator<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3416"><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">What are the issues surrounding a closed, sealed, oil-compensated system <br></div><div dir="ltr">in a typical minn-kota motor application?<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jon<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491395101010_3415" dir="ltr">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>