RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electrolyte plumbing

[MerlinSub@t-online.de]

Go with gel cells.. 
You can store them in all positions..

vbr Carsten 

"Brian Cox" <ojaivalleybeefarm@dslextreme.com> schrieb:
> Dan,
>             One design aspect of my sub is that if I want to park it out in
> the open ocean I can flip it in a vertical position.   It will be able to
> sit in the ocean like a spar bouy.  That way I gain freeboard, the top hatch
> would be 2 feet out of the water and the sub would be really stable.
> 
>   What if you have extra electrolyt in the lines, so when they were tilted
> 90 degrees there would be no electrolyte that would leave the battery cells.
> 
> Brian
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]On Behalf Of Dan H.
>   Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 5:08 AM
>   To: Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org
>   Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electrolyte plumbing
> 
> 
>   Brian,
> 
>   How would you prevent the gas from forming on the new top of the cell with
> the battery turned on it's side?
> 
>   With the gas bubble on top and the vents coming out of what is now the
> side, you would force the acid out until the battery drained down to the
> level of your vents before any gasses would vent.
> 
>   Why turn a battery on it's side anyway?
> 
>   Dan H.
> 




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