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<div>Rick,</div><div>I did not use the arm and I thought I had a problem but didn't actually. I had the pressure set too high on the first stage regulator causing the second stage regulator to bypass. I thought the regulator was shot and figured I would just let the actuators flood and fix it when I returned home. I discovered what happened and turned down the pressure and the second stage regulator was fine. I expected the arm to stop working because Cliff and I did a 286 foot dive with no air to the arm. Well to my surprise the arm worked just fine even after being so deep without air compensation. The arm worked for the week and when I returned home I tore the actuators down expecting a ton of water to come out and amazingly there was only about a teaspoon of water in each actuator. I dried them out with air and rinsed them out with WD-40 and they are good to go. </div><div>My plan is and always was to oil compensate them, that is why I have a makeshift air supply set up. A friend has a single air bag from a suspension system for me and I will use that full of oil to allow the actuators to open and close freely.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 7:46:30 PM MDT, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv6536243498"><div><div>Hank, did you use your electric manipulator when in Lake Tahoe and if so how did it work?</div><div>Rick </div><div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv6536243498gmail_quote"><div class="yiv6536243498yqt8310445439" id="yiv6536243498yqtfd38219"><div>On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:56 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv6536243498gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>Alan,</div><div>I am using 12v valves from air suspension systems. They are cheap, well free in my case and they work great. I will use them un-modified to get me through the dive season. I plan to mount them in oil filled housings over the winter, since I need them for E3000 as well.</div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 6:31:55 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611"><div><div>Hank, ( genius)</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">what sought of solenoid valves are you going to use?</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">They are great on my sub, all the buttons on one small controller, but</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">I aren't happy with my modified solenoids as they are a bit vulnerable</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">to corrosion.</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">Have done some drawings of a solenoid valve based on a pneumatically</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">operated top hat valve.</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature">Alan</div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature"> </div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611yqt3846925780" id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yiv9732258611yqt09924"><div><br clear="none">On 25/07/2018, at 12:04 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>I am really tired of Gamma doing this wierd lean when I sink, it is not consistent. My next project is to add solenoid vent valves to cure this problem. This will be a real easy job and quick to install. Gamma will be out of Quarantine in a week so I need to have these things done. I am trying to get permission to dive in Lake Louise in the Banff National Park. </div><div>Hank</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yqt3846925780" id="yiv6536243498m_5875676064370165899yqt18842">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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