[PSUBS-MAILIST] Acceptable cabin pressure swing

Sat Feb 27 14:09:47 EST 2016

OK I got the last email back will try & send a picture.This valve works well & Emile presses it before opening the hatchto equalize the last bit of pressure.

      From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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I sent this attachment & a couple of pictures but I haven't seen it yet,so here is  just the attachment only.This could be adapted in to some sort of snorkel for air on the surface.Alan

      From: Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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The problem with that valve is that it's just got a 1/4" diameter, and you really want it to handle large volumes. Emile and I as mentioned built our own and they're really easy to make. Interestingly we made them independently but what we came up with is identical. I know Emile posted his design here a while back, so it must be somewhere in the archives. I never made a drawing of mine, just made the actual valve directly since it's so straightforward. It's machined from a SS round and consists of just two parts. The main body is a cylinder with a bunch of holes drilled through it, and one central hole for the stem. This cylinder is welded into the hull. The other part is the cap, a shorter length cut from the same solid round but with an O ring groove around the edge and no holes. The stem goes through the body and screws into the cap. You put a spring on the stem and a wing nut to adjust the cracking pressure. That's it. If interior pressure is stronger that the spring, the cap lifts and in so doing opens all the holes. 
Best,
Alec
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Brian, see McMaster Carr part number 4620K41.  This has a 1 psi cracking pressure, not 0.5 psi that I mentioned earlier.
Cliff

On Thursday, February 25, 2016, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Cliff,          Where did you find that 1/2 psi relief valve? Brian Cox

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From: Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Acceptable cabin pressure swing
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:05:00 -0600

Jon for my boat, I have a pressure relief valve with a 1/2 psi cracking pressure to vent pressure while on the surface.  I have a high cabin pressure  alarm that triggers at 20 psia (5.3 psig) and a cabin lower pressure alarm set at 12 psia (-2.7 psig).   In the PLC I also record and display the cabin pressure at the time the hatch is closed and log all alarm states every second.  
I have never had either a high or low cabin pressure alarm while diving.  I have had elevated cabin pressure caused by accidently having the backup manual O2 value open and a leak in an air fitting on anther occasion.
Cliff
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

I think this is somewhat subjective but what is general consensus on maximum cabin pressure swing (higher/lower) relative to hatch closing at the start of a dive before setting off alarms?  My thought is that an alarm should sound well before any point of emergency.  I'm considering sounding a warning at 2psi +/- and an alarm at 4psi +/-  but I'm not sure if this is too strict.

Jon
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