Evening Ray,
Did a lot of this sort of stuff in my last job, anchor handling. We always cleaned the bullet best we could, splayed the wires, cleaned them and then potted them straight no bends. The maximum I saw on one of these far exceeds what you would see on an ROV system, if my mind serves me right it was around 550 tonnes.
I know what you mean about different companies and different ideas. Bend or no bend being the main discussion point. I had never heard the silicon one, kind of defeats the point of cleaning the bullet if you are just going to introduce a foreign substance into the equation.
I personally favour the following having used it so much in the past.
Clean the bullet best you can.
Splay the wires and degrease.
Cut the wires to size (no bending.)
Pot the bullet and wait a minimum of an hour.
Test and use!
Pascobal.
