<div dir="ltr">Hank,<div>Alvin used to use oil compensated relays back in the 70's. They had a transformer oil specially mixed for by Hoover vacuum cleaners. They apparently had a hell of a time, because carbon nodules would build up on the contacts and gum up the works.</div><div><br></div><div>They ditched all of that sometime in the 80's when they went to brushless thrusters and now keep all of the high-power electronics in a titanium enclosure.</div><div><br></div><div>What do you plan on using for thrusters? Minn Kotas? and what voltage do you think you'll run?</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">-River J. Dolfi<div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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