<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hank,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">yes there is a lot of DIY in some of those groups.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I did run a motor without a housing & things like the magnets got rusty.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I don't think they would stand up to sea water & any mucky water. As</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">the motors would have any thin layers of expoxy / glue sand blasted off.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">From memory the motors were reasonably low powered.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Alan</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 14/11/2017, at 12:44 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Alan,</div><div>I joined an ROV group and have found some pretty interesting thruster stuff. I think you have done the same? You can buy thrusters that are brushless and built to run in the water with no sealing. Sounds like they just epoxy the armature and replace the bushings with plastic. </div><div>Hank</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www..psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>