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Re: Torpedo ventilation
Posted by: Rainer Bruns ()
Date: November 16, 2001 06:41PM

Hi Lawrence,
E-torps have to have their batteries re-charged from time to time. That process releases hydrogen gas, which has to evacuated out of it's mechanical spaces to prevent unwanted explosion through sparks from the e-motor once launched. Rgds, RB

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