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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rick,I have had good luck with black mechanics silicone. It is not as easy to make it pretty but it is very robust.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, May 31, 2020, 3:50:51 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv9485910873"><div><div></div><div>Rick,</div><div>I don't exactly know!</div><div>After googling & asking advice I bought a number of glues that were </div><div>supposed to be good for glueing PVC. </div><div>I did a number of glueing experiments & found I could peel the glue off the</div><div>PVC with all products. I went to Lancer inflatables & asked them what they</div><div>used on their PVC boats & they sold me unmarked cans of a two pot heat </div><div>activated PVC adhesive. I think he said it was a 3M product. </div><div>It was fantastic, the PVC would tear rather than the glue peeling off.</div><div>Most wire jackets are PVC. I use PVC outside the hull & Teflon coated wire</div><div>Which is more fire resistant inside.</div><div>I looked at some professional rubber through hull fittings I had & saw that they</div><div>had a thin layer of rubber vulcanised to about an inch up the jacket from</div><div>where the head of the fitting was. I am copying this by coating the through hull</div><div>& the jacket of the wire with the PVC glue.</div><div>Doug Jackson did a series of videos on home made through hull fittings where</div><div>he had failure after failure & this lead me to look in to it a bit more deeply.</div><div>The water under pressure can squeeze between the insulation & wire, & the </div><div>epoxy it is imbedded in, but with a layer of PVC glue over everything it can't.</div><div>I had success first test at 2000psi.</div><div>This looks a good product.</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.nrs.com/repair/stabond.asp">https://www.nrs.com/repair/stabond.asp</a></div><div>Any product they use on PVC inflatables should be good as it is water resistant </div><div>as well as developed for PVC.</div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9485910873yqt6085916461" id="yiv9485910873yqt88206"><div><br clear="none">On 31/05/2020, at 10:47 AM, Rick Patton 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 dir="ltr">Alan<div><br clear="none"></div><div>What is the name of that glue you use and where can i get it?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Rick</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9485910873gmail_quote"><div class="yiv9485910873gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 7:43 PM 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:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv9485910873gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div><div>Brian,</div><div>I cover the insulation on the wires & the potting material with a PVC glue</div><div>up to an inch from where it is potted. I use a 2 pot heat activated PVC glue</div><div>that will tear the PVC before it peals off.</div><div>Reason for this is water can force down between the PVC & the potting </div><div>material.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none">On 30/05/2020, at 4:38 PM, Brian Cox 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:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Thanks, or maybe just tin the wires with solder . But I"ll look for solid .</font><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian</font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">--- <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:</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">From: 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>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">To: Brian Cox 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>></span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] data cable</span><br clear="none"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 01:24:15 +0000 (UTC)</span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Brian, it the strands are solid core, you can strip off the insulation and then pot. If the strands are multi wire then cut and sold in a section of solid wire to pot.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Friday, May 29, 2020, 7:01:08 PM MDT, Brian Cox 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><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Hi All,</font><div><font size="2"> What would be the best way for me to pot a cat5 ethernet cable? Would the insulation need to be removed? </font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian</font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font size="2"><br clear="none"></font></div></div>
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