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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Any reason you guys don't use 3M potting and splicing products?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Vance</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, July 7, 2023, 01:04:39 AM EDT, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpe93d9806yiv0113568459"><div>Hi Rick,<div>I have been putting a pvc glue an inch up the jacket of the wires and around the entry point of the jacket into the resin. I tested this to 2000ft.</div><div>The reason I do this is because my first wire potting was a fail and WD40 ran down between the resin and the jacket without any pressure on it.</div><div>I use a 2 pot heat activated resin they use on pvc inflatable boats. Hard to get hold of, but I think doing the same with silicone is better than nothing. </div><div>The pressure cycling could compress the jacket and pull it away from the resin forming a path for the water.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="ydpe93d9806yiv0113568459ymail_android_signature"><a shape="rect" id="ydpe93d9806yiv0113568459ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br clear="none"> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0;"> <div id="ydpe93d9806yiv0113568459yqt62267" class="ydpe93d9806yiv0113568459yqt3921337879"><div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 7:49 am, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles</div><div><personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div dir="ltr">My first attempt at potting. Built a form to hold the glue then put the wires in the holes, soldered the ends, put monkey S&”@t around the openings so they wouldn’t leak then poured the fiberglass resin in and it seemed to work.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"> </div></div> </blockquote></div></div></div><div class="ydpe93d9806yqt3921337879" id="ydpe93d9806yqt25930">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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