[PSUBS-MAILIST] no more leaks

[James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank, the epdm is 70 shore.  And what are you doing up at this time.....?

On 1 July 2015 at 09:38, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Sean,
> The gasket is EPDM rubber, I can not recall the hardness, but I think it
> is in the 80 range.
> Hank --------------------------------------------
> On Tue, 6/30/15, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] no more leaks
>  To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
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>  Received: Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 10:54 PM
>
>  What material and durometer / hardness of seat
>  gasket are you using?
>  Sean
>
>
>
>
>  On June 30, 2015 4:53:00 PM
>  MDT, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>  Finally!
>  Today is the first time Gamma did not leak a
>  drop of oil from the drive, my new seal and new compensating
>  hose did the trick.  The light bar on the other hand has
>  some water.  This time the light bar was just sealed full of
>  oil.  I think I am not getting all the air out, I will try a
>  piece of clear garden hose next.
>  I had a
>  little scare today, the dome must have squeezed the gasket
>  and let some tension off the retaining straps.  This made a
>  scary sound.  I am doing another dive tomorrow, then I am
>  off to do a proper deep test.  I am pushing my luck maybe. I
>  am only diving 100 feet and like Vance says, a shoe box can
>  be sealed to 100 feet :-)
>  Hank
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