Wet servo lead

[paul von braun]

[color=#348781]Dear all,
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[petn7]

i would venture to say

i would venture to say yes, as i have read one needs to waterproof the end of a receiver antenna if it's in contact with the water

[wingtip]

i would NOT leave the

i would NOT leave the plugs in the wet unless they are sealed really well.. ive also seen others use flexible tubing to run leads to another wtc..go to your local hardware where they have a rack full of assorted tubing like for fish tanks, plumbing, etc and they will have a size you need to get ur plug down thru it... or just seal your plugs and leave them in the wet but if they get wet it could short your battery so your call...lol

ANOTHER more expensive option i suppose would be to make the fore wtc big enough for the servo and a additional rx and battery on the same channel and just run dual rx's...... GWS and others make some amazing small rx's for just 1-3 channels



Edited By wingtip on 1110077793

[anonymous]

Paul,
I think that Wingtip is

Paul,
I think that Wingtip is correct. Wet plugs are asking for trouble, the least of which is corrosion. Do you really want to find out that you should have sealed the plug when the boat is under water and headed south?

[bob the builder]

Additionally, you may find that

Additionally, you may find that operating at greater depths will force water down the wire insulation and into your servo and ultimately your WTC. I don't think it'd be a huge amount, but it'd be hard to detect until your servo froze up on you from corrosion after a few months.

[petn7]

those GWS micro receivers are

those GWS micro receivers are for aircraft use only...unless maybe you can get a special order?

[chips]

You can get the FMA

You can get the FMA M5 Rx on 75mHz, it's small. Sombra Labs made the Shadow 1 Rx - syntesized for 50, 72, & 75 mHZ - another small Rx.

[k225]

If you were to shrink

If you were to shrink wrap the connections would that provide a proper waterproof connection?

[m. munger]

Heat shrink tubing would help

Heat shrink tubing would help for sure if only to add some strain-relief, but I'd try a good silicone sealant first... put a little dielectric grease on the pins, slide 'em together, then coat with silicone (marine goop, tool-dip, etc), let cure, then do the heat shrink. That oughtta get it.

Good luck!

Matt

[boss subfixer]

I've seen this done a

I've seen this done a few times. When someone has multiple WTCs they ran plastic conduit between them to run the wires through. If you made the leads long enough to make your connection from one or the other WTC then all you would have to seal is the conduit.
Just a thought.
BSF