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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Alan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>How would you think a flooded motor in an ambient casing would work out? The casing would keep the grit out of the windings. Then rinse out the motors with fresh water after each dive. I'm somewhat skeptical of the longevity and reliability of water flooded motors. Maybe have the motor assembly fresh water compensated i.e.: just flooded with distilled water similar to the oil compensated motors. No chance of polluting the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan James via Personal_Submersibles<br><b>Sent:</b> December-19-15 10:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ROV opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Pete,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>I have had a look at Doug's experiments with motors in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Some of them failed. & it may be a different story with bigger motors<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>& higher voltage.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>I also have followed blue robotics since they started out as a Kick start venture. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>One problem I can see with the exposed motor is that with all the water<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>with sand, grit etc in it, flowing over the windings, it will wear down<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>the windings thin coating.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3400"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Cheers Alan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3376"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3375"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3374"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3373"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3372"><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 20, 2015 4:44 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ROV opportunity</span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_3814"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>The Blue Robotics guys potted the terminals with epoxy and the thrusters are made with stainless/ plastic and aluminum. Doug was testing in simulated sea water.(ocean in a bag)<br><br>Pete<br>--------------------------------------------<br>On Sat, 12/19/15, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ROV opportunity<br>To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Date: Saturday, December 19, 2015, 7:12 PM<br><br>Pete,I ran a<br>2000W motor in fresh water with a propeller but no<br>housing.It worked<br>well but was worse for wear afterward with a bit of<br>rustshowing +<br>the bearings seemed a bit rougher. >From memory<br>therewas<br>rust on the magnets.Salt<br>water is a lot better conductor than fresh, so you would get<br>currentrunning<br>from the + to the - terminal & bi-passing the wire<br>windings.I think<br>it would be more trouble than it was worth to waterproof<br>&corrosion<br>proof the motor. And then there is the sand in the<br>bearings.Cheers<br>Alan<br> <br><br> <br>From: Pete<br>Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles<br><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br><br>To: Personal<br>Submersibles General Discussion<br><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450592281996_4195">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br><br>Sent: Sunday,<br>December 20, 2015 1:38 PM<br> Subject: Re:<br>[PSUBS-MAILIST] ROV opportunity<br> <br><br>These thrusters are interesting in that they<br>are made with stainless/ plastic and aluminum. they are open<br>to the water and water actually runs thru them and cools<br>them. They claim that they can even handle some amount of<br>sand particles in the water. They are very small but<br>perfect for ROV use. <br><br>Could this be done with thruster sized motors.I<br>saw Doug Jackson doing the same thing with his ROV<br>motors.<br><br>Pete<br><br><br>--------------------------------------------<br>On Fri, 12/18/15, Douglas Suhr via<br>Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>wrote:<br><br> Subject: Re:<br>[PSUBS-MAILIST] ROV opportunity<br> To:<br>"Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> Date: Friday, December 18, 2015, 6:16 PM<br> <br> Sounds<br> like<br>a cool opportunity if you've got the willingness<br> and time Brian. This past summer dad and I<br>were on the hunt<br> for a missing outboard<br>motor on a Canadian lake. We had a<br> camera<br>but no ROV. We actually ended up cutting a 15 foot<br> sapling to use as a camera pole. Depth was<br>only 17 − 20<br> feet so the sapling worked<br>pretty well as a camera handle<br> from the<br>boat (and we found the motor), but a controllable<br> ROV would have made things much easier.<br> It looks like those guys make some<br> nice parts for ROV projects. The technical<br>(software) aspect<br> scares me a bit, but<br>that's only because I am<br> electronically<br>challenged. ~ Douglas S. <br> On Fri, Dec 18,<br>2015 at<br> 11:30 AM, Brian Cox via<br>Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> wrote:<br> Hi<br><br>All, In my search<br> for some Soda Sorb I stumbled on to a dive<br>shop down in<br> Hollywierd , the shop owner<br>does a lot of business with<br> the studios and<br>wants me to build him a ROV camera<br><br>platform which has certain capabilities that are not<br> available at the present time. I'm<br>thinking about<br> trying to come up with<br>something for him. I found these<br> nifty<br>thrusters made by these highly motivated kids. <br> Link: <a href="https://www.bluerobotics.com/%C2%A0These" target="_blank">https://www.bluerobotics.com/ These</a><br> thrusters are interesting in that they are<br>made with<br> stainless/ plastic and aluminum.<br>they are open to the water<br> and water<br>actually runs thru them and cools them. They<br> claim that they can even handle some amount of<br>sand<br> particles in the water. 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