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Isamu on March 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: James Cameron begins deepest dive

So they say the pilot sphere is thick steel. How do they run the control wiring to the outside? Or could the control signals sent through transducers (e.g. ultrasonic?)

bbatsell on March 26, 2012 [–]

They use electrical penetrators such as these: http://seaconworldwide.com/products/penetrators/penetrators/

They are listed as one of the main points of failure on the dive's website: http://deepseachallenge.com/the-expedition/deepsea-challenge...

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