njdiverjoe
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Miso already sent me his draft for the adapter. He only has to check the measures when he gets my plug.
Awesome,what are your first impressions? Any pics?
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Miso already sent me his draft for the adapter. He only has to check the measures when he gets my plug.
Under no circumstances you can dive with system installed on the unit! If you dive with the system while it is on and there is a vacuum inside plus the outside pressure that water creates at depth you're increasing the chances of loosing your camera greatly! So please do not do that.
seafrogs.com.hk:As our products mostly directed for new users and you wont believe how many of them have no clue to what they are doing, 90% of all people having difficulty to turn the camera on. So you get the idea... and we have to deal with them everyday.
That's why the factory is strongly advise against that. Yes, it's harsh, but it will prevent a ton of new users from making a mistake.
I:I see
so, my main question is - will the vacuum valve itself be damaged by taking it underwater?
seafrogs.com.hk:It was tested at high pressure chamber
And I don't wanna lie to you
So let me dive with it in coming Saturday and I'll let you know
I:that'd be great, thank you
I mean, pressure is one thing, but salt water is another - if the valve is not waterproof, then I'll take my chances and leave it on the boat
but if it is waterproof, then I would rather have the vacuum test confirm *all* the seals on the housing, including the vacuum port itself
seafrogs.com.hk:We tested the pre production unit whole year to erase all errors and mistakes
Production unit only arrived yesterday, so no time to live test it, but pretty sure everything will be ok and watertight.
andYour drawings are to the point.The thread is indeed M10X0.75 , tested with caliber, so everything is as expected. I have made the drawings of both V4 and V5 adapters and gave them to the company which does CNC machining for me. Hard to say when they will be made, maybe even next week, or around August 15th, as they are also on holidays, just the owner and a couple of guys are there. But he said he’ll try to make them sooner, and I certainly hope so.
I opted for both bottom face-sealing and top side-sealing o-rings, mostly to keep salt water out of the cavity. From your drawing of the housing side I assume there is one more face sealing o-ring in the groove around the hole, but I chose not to do this, partly because that would mean 30mm diameter adapter, and partly because trying to seal something at 3 points is calling for trouble, and also an overkill.
Hi to all,
I got Message from Miso:
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