[PSUBS-MAILIST] 36v thruster - rebuild or replace with 12v?

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank
What size and wall thickness is the aluminum tube?
Rick

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 5:40 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> What would we do without eBay.com ?  I also get a lot of materials from
> our local dump.  When metal comes to the dump it is put in a special area
> by itself, and the public can salvage\recycle anything that is not in the
> pile.  I get lots of aluminum plate and tubing and shafting, ss bits and
> pieces, well all sorts of stuff.  I just picked up two four foot long
> aluminum square tubes that will become manipulator members ;-)
> Hank
>
> On Thursday, September 28, 2017, 3:29:03 PM MDT, Brian Hughes via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> It was a rusted mess. Went with an eBay score Minn Kota 36v 101lb thrust
> trolling motor. Ask Alec. I'm the king of eBay bargains.  :-)
>
> I'll oil compensate it and stick a lead bar on the support to make up for
> the weight change. Plan to switch out the side ones this Winter with 50lb
> 12v.
>
>
>
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