<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div></div><div>Brian,</div><div>I wasn't thinking of it sitting in the yard!</div><div>If you were leaving the tube open, you could just tape a plastic bag around</div><div>the top during storage. There are probably hundreds of flexible items</div><div>that would be suitable for a permanent solution if you didn't need </div><div>Over pressure, just make sure they are compatible with WD40.</div><div>I don't think the regulator would be an option for storage as it relies on air </div><div>pressure from the tanks; unless you want to keep them on your sub with open </div><div>valves.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 4/06/2019, at 11:14 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Hank, I think in your situation where it's really cold you have less of a problem. I have two things working against me , I have a very large volume of oil (wd40) and we have some pretty significant temperature swings here ( from 40F to 90F+) So when my sub sits out in my yard the oil starts creeping up the expansion hose. </font></font><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Alan, That sounds like it could be an option for me. I'll have to check that out.</font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> What I'm thinking about doing in the meantime is running a hose up from the motor and then and then down to the bottom of the sub and just leave it open. And I might put a large diameter pvc pipe ( 1 1/2" ) at the bottom .</font></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Brian</font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Oil expansion</span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 21:37:38 +0000 (UTC)</span><br><br><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div></div>
<div>Brian,</div><div>Have two oil filled motors on Gamma for vertical thrusters. I fill them put in the plug and forget about them. In the fall I drain the oil and refill in the spring. KISS they work perfectly for years now.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, June 3, 2019, 2:41:56 PM MDT, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Hi All,</font><div><font size="2"> What is everybody doing to allow for expansion and contraction of their oil filled motors? </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div>
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