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        <div>Jeff,  that is a good idea, but the pontoons should be inflatable.  Any hard surface boat is going to bang on the sub.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 1:22:38 PM MDT, Jeff White via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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        <div>Brian:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Instead of an inflatable, I was thinking of making a pontoon boat that could be broken down and carried in the back of a pickup (2 pontoons per side to make a 15 - 16 ft long boat)  and use it as a surface support craft,   Generator, communication system, outboards.    Possibly have it where the pontoons straddle the submersible and can push it on the surface.       </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thoughts? </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jeff White </div><div><br clear="none"></div>
        
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                    On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 10:54:21 AM PDT, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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                <div><div id="yiv3865284917"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Hank,    I remember you talking about that,  I was thinking of getting a dedicated 48 vdc generator and hooking into the battery bank through the hatch and then disconnecting to submerge.</div><div> </div><div>Brian</div><div> </div><div class="yiv3865284917yqt2175008821" id="yiv3865284917yqt44736"><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">To: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 48VDC generator<br clear="none">Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:34:06 +0000 (UTC)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></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>Brian,</div><div>That was my plan at one time also, I was going to use alternators with internal regulators.  It should work, but I am not sure how long the alternators will last if they are not sized correctly.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
        
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                    On Monday, September 10, 2018, 11:20:59 PM MDT, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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                <div><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi All,</div><div>                     Does anyone know what's involved in linking a 48 volt dc generator to ones 48 Volt drive system?   Is it as simple as connecting to the batteries?  If the generator senses a voltage draw then it engages, this is how most generators are set up .  Seems like there's got to be some sort of protection for the batteries so they don't see too much voltage.   I was thinking of having a 48 V dc generator in an inflatable secured to my deck and feeding my motors for surface transit.  Then once at the dive site leave the inflatable floating at the dive site.  </div><div> </div><div>Brian</div><div> </div><div> </div></div>
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