by hectoretc » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:04 am
Thanks GL,
I guess my frame of thinking at the time was, compressing 10-20% of the bottle volume and sealing it with the expectation it is going to expand (physically), putting as many compressed bottles as will fit into a confined fiberglass space, thereby allowing said bottles to expand said 10-20% in volume "could" result in a combined increase of of 10-20% volume and might, maybe stress (or fracture) the bulkhead seals. Could - might, maybe... but as you said, why complicate my life. Maybe my thinking of 10-20% is excessive.
As far as getting moisture in the bottles, I doubt there will be much condensation (in the bottles) as they basically exist at ambient (in the hold), therefore no differential in temperature, therefore no dew point condensation issue. The only moisture I would expect (barring a sinking event) would be standing water in the bilge which would only become an issue for any bottle oriented not spout down (which was my intent to drive toward), and only where the standing water was deep enough to reach the spout (of each bottle).
My line of thinking was more of maybe baffles? that's probably not the right word, but using it as a sub-partitioning of the air pocket rather than a stand alone front line cellular flotation system. Maybe that doesn't make sense to anyone else, and your thoughts are well accepted.
Thanks again (as always) for the input. - Scott
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