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Control box wired and ready to go

Thanks asesorplaza1 these particular connectors, without modification, are rated IP67. I'm hoping that my addition of the epoxy potting will increase it substantially but I do plan on doing a submersion test with no electronics inside prior to a full test run.

Oddmar, Thanks for pointing some things out to me. You're quite right, it should have read slightly positive. I have read about the water intrusion down the inside of wiring if it gets a nick or cut in it. I don't have a direct connection between the external and internal wiring, I'm using the Deuts...

Muchas gracias asesorplaza1 Below is what I’ve done to one of the other connectors. Maybe I will do the same to all. My plan is to submerge it in a pool with no electronics in it to test for leaks before installing everything inside. I also have to work out the buoyancy because I will need to add so...

Hola asesorplaza1 Thank you for your ideas regarding the build. I’ve seen builds with brushed and brushless motors and like I’d said in the original post, I’m using parts from my hexacopter on my first one. Based on what happens with this real life experience on this side one ROV #2 maybe a differen...

Looks nice, nice way of mounting the motors in a shroud. Thanks fryslan76 I had a couple of other designs in the works, one of them was an "adjustable" mount to allow centering of the motor but in the end I didn't think it would hold properly. Designing and then cutting out on the Cricut ...

Starting my first ROV project on the fly and on the cheap. Dismantled a homebuilt Hexacopter (too many rules these days) and using as much as possible for the ROV. Also using some 2nd hand joysticks from a garbage truck control panel to control the thrusters. I used Adobe Illustrator to design the b...

fryslan76 I'm afraid I don't have much. I started on a PWM code for the front thrusters and it worked fine and then thought I was going to use up all of the CAT cable and would have nothing left for camera, activating lights, navigation, etc. so I looked for alternatives which led me to RS-485 but I...

Hello fryslan76 Thanks for the suggestion. Initially I was only going to use an onboard arduino only but was concerned about the number of wires I would take up in the CAT 6 cable (I have 2 forward, 2 reverse and 2 ascend/descend thrusters) and then I read about the RS-485 and thought that would sav...

I'm having a hard time understanding this and am looking for a push in the right direction. I'm sure you will be able to tell from the question that I'm new at most of this. I've read through the info and have done a simple set up example as found on the internet to control a servo using a potentiom...