<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2797"><span>Hi Hank,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2798">I did a bit of Googling looking at DC submersible pumps.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_3622">It is bit of a hard task finding a DC pump with the voltage in the range you want</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_3623">& then beeing able to adapt it as a thruster. It would also be hard to tell what's inside</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span>till you pull it apart.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_7230">The parts of a thruster are cheap enough (apart from the gearbox)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_3621">I am stalled in my thruster build. Just waiting for an item that controls my electronic</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_3838">speed controller & monitors the batteries. What I'm not sure about is whether my</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_7232">BLDC motors are heavy duty enough & whether I can get away without using a gearbox.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2799"><span>Alan</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2802"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2801"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2800"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2804"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_2803"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> personal_submersibles@psubs.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 28, 2014 4:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] well pump motor<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_3604"><br>Has anyone experimented or looked at submersible well pump motors for thruster motors. I believe they are oil filled and quite cheap. They are mostly 220v AC.<br>Hank<br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_4656">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1419706614496_4657">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>