Question E/O Cord socket, does this exist?

[Wibble]

We are on a RIB, no cabin, very often it IS miserable weather. We are working underwater, one diver after the other. The first one has to wait quite a long time on board until the last one comes on board. Hot tea often is not enough, a suit heating is needed - in water and on board.

Getting hot and sweaty: this would be great but will not happen.

If you are freezing on board and plug in, you will not forget you are connected. You will feel the heat, be happy and say thank you to the cable. And if yet you forgot, I guess the E/O cord will simply plug out. They are not very hard to pull out.

So let's not discuss about the sense of all this. I will have a 12V heating supply on board, that's a fact.

You have a very different set of requirements from recreational diving.

Would be an excellent solution

 

[Agro]

This is no recreational diving at all, this is uw working.

 

[ahereng]

If you manage to find a source for the plug, please post here where you got it from. I have been searching for this plug to have a power takeout on my dpv for heating.
For your purpose I would think having normal 12v outlet's on your boat and just putting a cigarette-plug on a standard e/o-cord would be the easiest option.

If you would need to regulate heat, here is a e/o to e/o regulator. SCALEO heat | SCALEO

 

[Agro]

Thanks. A heat regulator will not be necessary. We heat until the diver is warm again, then plug out. But good to know such things exist.

Yes, I will let you know when I found an e/o plug.

 

[Snusmumrik]

We all know E/O Cords or Thor Cords. Now I am looking for a socket for this system. The socket shall be fixed on my boat to give 12V to divers having a drysuit heating. Befor and after diving they can use the heating on board.

I could simply fix a E/O Cord on board but this is hanging around an disturbing. So I prefere a socket where I can plug an E/O Cord.

Victron 16A Edelstahl Einbau-Steckdose Something like that but E/O system.

Does this exist?

My 5 cents to all thread: EO cords are much expensive, and we use industrial IP68 connectors (god bless Aliexpress ) for our DIY drysuit heating vests, and Arduino-based 4-level power regulators for heating control. Not too much money and time for man with good engineering experience, but a lot of fun.

 

[Agro]

Price does not matter very much.
Nevertheless if I should not find such a e/o plug I will use IP68 connectors on the open end of a e/o cord. A cigarette lighter plug is not OK, we are on a RIB, it must be waterthigt. What kind of IP68 connectors do you use?

 

[nickbutcher]

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[Agro]

Nick the question was not "What results does google find for IP68 plug?" the question was "What kind of IP68 connectors do you use?" I hope Snusmumrik will tell us.

I got an interessting idea: take a large cable gland https://www.distrelec.ch/de/kabelve...=&pos=1&origPos=18&origPageSize=50&track=true and put a standard e/o plug into it. Cable goes inside (to the batterie), outside we have a plug which stays on place. Sounds good.

 

[tbone1004]

Several things.
heat output on a vest is directly proportional to the voltage being supplied, if you are plugging directly into the boat, you will have wildly different heating output when the engine is running vs when the engine is off. I would strongly recommend you use a voltage regulator of some variety to give the divers consistent heating and also limit the number of plugs/unplugs.
E/O connectors are NOT rated for wet-mate. They are waterproof, but they are not designed to be used in the water.
E/O are not rated for terribly high amperage so if you intend on using splitters, then keep in mind the power draw and how big of an outlet you're going to need.
There are all sorts of waterproof DC outlets out there, I would strongly recommend you use a standard marine one common in your part of the world where you can also use it for any other 12vDC needs you may have, but more importantly an inexpensive connector because you'll be replacing the E/O cord pretty frequently with the number of plug/unplug cycles.

 

[Agro]

Good inputs, thank you very much.

The Wam Cords seem to be much stronger then E/O cords und fully compatibel WAM Cords - Bruchsichere Elektrokabel, 65,00 € I hope they will last longer then E/O.

Heat is not proportional to voltage it is overproportional. +10% Voltage -> +21% Heat But this does not matter at all. The diver will plug in his suit und wait until he is warm again, then plug out. No matter if this takes 5 min or 1 hour. A faster and stronger heating is perfectly OK.

I will not use a voltage regulator. Everything which is not there can not break. But thanks for the idea anyway.

Thanks for the splitter warning. I guess current on a dry suit heating is rather high, I splitter might be to much indeed. I think I will make 2-3 plugs, one for each diver.