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Camera Tube 40.jpg I almost forgot to drill and tap the camera pod mounting screw location so I took care of that before wiring up the camera. Camera Tube 41.jpg Next I had to machine up some tiny retainer nuts for the through connectors. Camera Tube 42.jpg I'm just making my own ring terminals by ...

Camera Tube 37.jpg Tonight I started to wire the camera to the camera cable in the tether. Originally I just cut the plugs off the camera cable going through the tether (and recently off the camera) figuring I would just solder them back on later and plug all the plugs together. Well I wasn't sure ...

Thanks.... I've actually done testing on these pumps to a simulated depth of about 200' and while the shafts didn't leak at that depth the added pressure does cause the seals to exert a lot more drag on the shaft which increases the amp draw of the motors. I think if they are used at any thing deepe...

Camera Tube 32-2.jpg I added some epoxy to reinforce the sealing of the connectors. Camera Tube 33.jpg On to the wiring... running the wires through the camera shaft was a bit of a pain I should have done this before gluing the camera mount to the shaft. I didn't have much room to solder on the mot...

I originally planned on using ring terminals on the outside but for some reason it never crossed my mind to do it on the inside too. :oops: I figured the teflon tape would work enough for the depths I and going to be using this but yeah an o-ring under the head probably would have been a better idea...

Camera Tube 31.jpg To test where the leak is coming from I stuffed some tissue paper in above the penetrators and then put another piece loose in the housing. What this shows is if the tissue is wet where the penetrators are that's where the water is coming in and if the loose piece is wet it's the...

The Bluerobotics stuff does look nice... I've been thinking about going that route too for my next one.

-Steve

Camera Tube 30.jpg Tonight's test saw the slightest bit of water in the tube. I'm not sure if its from the new penetrators or not so I'll have to retest it tonight with the tube stuffed with some tissue and paper towels to determine exactly where the leak is coming from. If it is from the penetrato...

Camera Tube 26.jpg Ok back to the real end cap... I drilled and tapped 5 holes for the 4-40 brass screws I will be using for penetrators. I wraped the screws with a bite of thread sealing tape before inserting them in the cap. Camera Tube 27.jpg Here they are on what will be the inside of the tube....

I can't promise anything right now but I was just thinking I have some acrylic glue somewhere and if I can find it and it's still good I might be able to test this out on a left over section of my camera tube. Give me a few days and I'll see if I can make it happen. EDIT- I spoke too soon.... the gl...