[PSUBS-MAILIST] thrusters

Mon Nov 13 08:10:45 EST 2017

 Alan,Yes they are low powered, but that works for me because I am not dragging a 300 foot tether.  My tether will be 50 feet.  Do the brushless motors need a special controller?  or will a PWM controller work?  We tend to design and build things to last for an unrealistic life span.  You mentioned a while back about water bearings lasting only 2,000 hrs.  I doubt any Psub will see 2,000 hrs in its entire life time.  If an 119 dollar ROV motor lasts 100 hr, I would get several years out of it.  I am very realistic about spending versus life expectancy.Hank
    On Monday, November 13, 2017, 5:08:40 AM MST, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  

 Hank,yes there is a lot of DIY in some of those groups.I did run a motor without a housing & things like the magnets got rusty.I don't think they would stand up to sea water & any mucky water. Asthe motors would have any thin layers of expoxy / glue sand blasted off.From memory the motors were reasonably low powered.Alan

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On 14/11/2017, at 12:44 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Alan,I joined an ROV group and have found some pretty interesting thruster stuff.  I think you have done the same?  You can buy thrusters that are brushless and built to run in the water with no sealing.  Sounds like they just epoxy the armature and replace the bushings with plastic. Hank

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