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Hi

I have made the "basic rov control system" with joystick and the relays are clicking when i move the joystick but there isn’t any power to thrusters. What are I’m doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.

Regards steel

Did I buy wrong relay? Should be 2 NO and 2 NC

If i wire the motor to pin 1 and 2 or 5 and 6 with no joystick movement nothing happens. But when using joystick the motor is running.

Is this the right way to read the reley

1 and 2 NC
3 and 4 NO
5 and 6 COM
7 and 8 Coil

?

I think you're reading the relay right.
Here's a link for the Seafox wiring. The COM, NC and NO are different on these relays, but you should be able adapt it to your relay.

http://www.homebuiltrovs.com/howtorelaywiringdpdt.html

This is how yours should be wired. (forgive the crude drawing)

(edit - Just to be clear you need two relays per motor to control forward and reverse.)

-Steve :rov:

Ian MacKenzie wrote:I think you're reading the relay right.
Here's a link for the Seafox wiring. The COM, NC and NO are different on these relays, but you should be able adapt it to your relay.

http://www.homebuiltrovs.com/howtorelaywiringdpdt.html

Thx for the help, the releys works perfectly

sthone wrote:

Relay-Wiring.jpg

This is how yours should be wired. (forgive the crude drawing)

(edit - Just to be clear you need two relays per motor to control forward and reverse.)

-Steve :rov:

thx for the drawing, i helped a lot