[PSUBS-MAILIST] Still pics

Fri Jun 15 23:34:56 EDT 2018

Brian,
I bought a clamp meter for measuring amps ( in case you aren't familiar
with them) You just clamp it round a single wire to measure. 
It would be interesting to know what amps the motor is drawing at full 
speed as you may be able to use a larger propeller!
Perhaps check that stray voltage with the motors off & on to isolate it!
Cheers Alan

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> On 16/06/2018, at 2:46 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Hank,          I had the motors going full power but I didn't see much increase in speed after 60% power.  At this point I have no way of measuring the amp draw, I need to get myself an amp meter.  As this was a harbor patrol test I hadn't really considered an extensive run through.   Actually I think I have some sort of short some where.  While I was testing with a volt meter I discovered I was getting some voltage to the hull , the only thing I can thing that it's coming from is one of my electrical thru hulls.  Maybe it's possible that there is a slight contact where I had to bend the epoxy electrodes a little bit , because everything else is isolated.  I'm going to have to isolate those electrodes and do continuity tests to see if that is the case .  I don't think it could be the motors because they are totally isolated by a delron disc where the motors turn.  It didn't seem to effect the running of the motors but I need to run it down.  
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> From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> To: Hugh Fulton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Still pics
> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:55:13 +0000 (UTC)
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> Brian,
> How did the golf cart motors work, any trouble, amps draw?  you have two? if I recall.
> Hank
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> On Friday, June 15, 2018, 5:37:19 PM MDT, Hugh Fulton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Well done Brian.
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> Guess that is the opening chapter of the book you will write one day.
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> A little bit of honey goes a long way.  Cant remember what you have named it but Big Honey would be nice.  Hugh
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> Actually Alec,  I'm on really good terms with him.  I went by the next day to the office to thank them for their understanding ( brought them a case of honey!)  and he was so nice and supportive, it was really great.  When I was motoring on the surface in the big open area where I ended up going, it happened to be right in front of the Harbor Patrol office.   He was telling me the everyone was outside checking me out and everyone though it was really cool.  I told him all about psubs and gave him the site address.  We have an understanding that I will contact them whenever I plan to be out there.  He says he expects to get reports from the public about an enemy sub off the coast, since they get all kinds of crazy reports all the time.  He says there are planes looking for drug subs all the time so it will be good for me to keep them informed.  He also called the coast guard later that day ( who looked me over the last time) and they gave me a good report. 
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> From: Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:50:16 -0400
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> Great story. I've been lucky to always find these guys courteous, but the problem is they have no idea how to treat us so they get a bit scared. Now they know you, and have seen that you went for an outing with nothing bad coming of it, I suspect you won't have any issues with them in the future. 
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Alec,     No, not exactly,  this was a harbor patrol test !    Really my main goal for that day was to see how they would ultimately treat me.   It started off really badly.  This time before we even had the sub in the water they came speeding into the launch ramp area in the Harbor Patrol vehicle and were in my face before I even knew what happened.  And this time it wasn't just an officer it was the actual Harbor Master himself !   He basically read me the riot act, like what do I think I'm doing, and stressed the need to check with them before launching a submarine.  So at that point I pretty much thought I was doomed.  I explained to him that it's basically just a boat and I had no intention of submerging in his harbor.  He was extremely worried that my beast was going to sink at the harbor entrance and he would be called up before the Governor !   So after a while he started asking if I had all the things I needed to have for a vessel, like radio, fire extinguisher, life jacket, registration.  I was then handing him down and showing him all these items.  Then an amazing thing happened, he got a big smile on his face and said , "well ok go ahead then"  !   I also informed him that I had a support boat .  So we proceeded to launch her off the trailer.  He and another officer hung around for about a half an hour and then they just left and said good luck !   I'm like " he's just leaving ! "   
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> Congrats Brian! I take it this was just a surface run test? 
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