[PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Test

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Pressure tested my light to 1000 psi for an hour using the water blaster 
& no leaks! I didn't have a pressure relief valve in the system as I do with
my air pressure set up & it was a pain getting the chamber lid off. I had
thought the water blaster would have leaked a bit of pressure but it didn't.
The sealing system for the wires was a 3 layered process; encapsulating the
wires in the epoxy, then coating the insulation for an inch up from where they came 
out of  the epoxy, & over the epoxy with a 2 part heat activated pvc glue that 
they use on inflatable boats. This glue worked a lot better on the pvc insulation
than several others I tried like E61000 (supposed to be better than shoe goo),
3M 5200 & polyurethane.
Over this, to tidy it up & act as a cable support, I moulded polyurethane.
In the attached photos the white ptfe gasket that the lens sits on looks wet
but it is just the compression of the lens against the gasket. I don't like this
from a cosmetic point & may change it. The 2 objects with the light are the
male mould for the polyurethane cable support & the silicone mould for the 
same.
Alan
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