[PSUBS-MAILIST] Relays

[James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles]

Aah I see.  Well the clanking will certainly be head on my next video.
Those relays are really noisy!  But much better control for me.  Just got
to make some new handles now for next weekend.

On 10 August 2015 at 14:01, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hehe, this time I'm actually innocent. In the really old videos Snoopy was
> running directly on switches. I had two switches on each side thruster
> handle, one for on-off and the other for forward-reverse. Because my
> thrusters are small, I found I could get switches with sufficient current
> capacity they didn't even need relays. They were very solid switches that
> produced a massive CLACK sound. In the last video (Seneca) the clanking
> would be constant re-adjustments of the index plates on the side thrusters,
> which have a spring plunger to do the clanking. I don't normally have to
> keep readjusting those index plates, but was working much harder than usual
> due to the stern speed controller being out of commission.
>
> On the next sub I'll use speed controllers, but also bring back switches
> and relays as a built-in backup for when the speed controllers fail.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 5:00 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> I changed my motor controllers out for just simple solenoid relays.  Now
>> I know what that loud clanking noise is that you hear on Hank and Alec's
>> videos....  :)
>>
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