<div dir="auto">Subconn is only at 12 weeks? It was 18 last I asked. Seaconn quoted 26! Teledyne underwater cable company is asking for a <span class="money">$1200</span> minimum order PER LINE ITEM.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Wet matable circular connectors were invented in the 1960s for Trieste 2. Most companies connectors are actually interchangeable, because they are mostly copies of the Trieste connector. You would think they would be commoditized and readily available by now. Or that the manufacturers would atleast stock common sizes, instead of doing custom everything.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273422626457">https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F273422626457</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have been looking at these on ebay. I haven't purchased or tested any, so I cant vouch for the reliability. They also only sell connectors, not the cable assemblies. You could purchase 2 bulkhead ends, wire them to a wiring harness, then connect the bulkheads with oil filled vinyl tubing and hose clamps. That's standard practice with ROV's but messy and not 100% reliable. They typically sell connectors with barbed ends for that purpose, although im willing to be the threaded ends would work with a stretchy enough hose.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">River J Dolfi<br><a href="mailto:Rdolfi7@gmail.com">Rdolfi7@gmail.com</a> <br><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 5:55 AM via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send Personal_Submersibles mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. SubConn BH4F and IL4M Connectors<br>
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 17:03:34 -0400<br>
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?Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 <br>
weeks at the soonest. If that.? Fellow in California remarked that two <br>
of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months <br>
and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of <br>
back-orders.? And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make <br>
Harold PSubs compliant.<br>
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So ...? I'm open to other alternatives.? Don't hate me PSubs ....<br>
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 18:05:49 -0400<br>
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Is this for your comms? I should be able to lend you one.<br>
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> On Apr 9, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 weeks at the soonest. If that. Fellow in California remarked that two of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of back-orders. And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make Harold PSubs compliant.<br>
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:28:08 +1200<br>
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Brian,<br>
I am not sure if there was a thread prior to this, I am feeling I<br>
have been missing a few emails.<br>
What sort of connectors? High power?<br>
Have you looked at using blue globe cable glands?<br>
I have made up connectors that have been tested to 1000psi, but I thought<br>
a lot about how to do it properly & used expoxy, polyeurathane & a special<br>
PVC glue to adhere to the cable jacket.<br>
I looked at a video of Doug Jacksons on home made through hulls & he was<br>
getting a lot of failures, so not as easy as you think.<br>
There are Chinese companies making connectors for ROVs if you search on<br>
the Ali express site. However unless you get something tailor made you still<br>
have the problem of how to waterproof the end that doesn't attach to the hull,<br>
But may go to your lights or whatever.<br>
Cheers Alan<br>
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> Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 weeks at the soonest. If that. Fellow in California remarked that two of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of back-orders. And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make Harold PSubs compliant.<br>
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> So ... I'm open to other alternatives. Don't hate me PSubs ....<br>
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:23:10 +0000 (UTC)<br>
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Brian,?Do you need connectors or penetrators? ?I make all my own penetrators. ?Hank<br>
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?Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 <br>
weeks at the soonest. If that.? Fellow in California remarked that two <br>
of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months <br>
and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of <br>
back-orders.? And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make <br>
Harold PSubs compliant.<br>
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So ...? I'm open to other alternatives.? Don't hate me PSubs ....<br>
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Brian<br>
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Brian,?Do you need connectors or penetrators? ?I make all my own penetrators. ?Hank<br>
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?Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 <br>
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of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months <br>
and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of <br>
back-orders.? And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make <br>
Harold PSubs compliant.<br>
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Brian<br>
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Yep Jon, trying to install Subconn to be in line with PSubs specs. I can and have made my own. No problem there. But I can see the value of having several spec bulkhead connectors, especially as innerspacescience is picking up opportunities.<br>
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For example: the Flathead, MT expedition. Lets say the researchers have a sensor they want to hang on the outside. Specs and easily obtained whip on their end would help in their prep for our arrival. But now we know that option, for now, wouldn't be available to them.<br>
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The guy in California didn't sound hopeful, at least for the near term.<br>
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