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Housing v0.1 pressure test 70ft down passed!

A project log for Cheap underwater tilt current sensor.

Cheap (<$100) underwater current sensor that can be deployed at 70ft depth. Your thoughts, comments and advice are very welcome here!

max-kviatkouskiMax Kviatkouski 05/13/2018 at 04:550 Comments

Surprisingly first version of housing for tilt current meter did really great today. I took it down to 70 ft. Could see rubber cup intruding into the housing and bulging on handle of pvc insert cap behind it. But after I got back home and opened it no water was inside. That's great news. Next tests would be to:

- Take it down to 120ft for a few minutes

- Deploy it empty at 70ft for a week or so to make sure there is not significant material degradation happens

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