Hi all, i’m in plan building configuration a blueROV with 4 T500 for horizontal thruster and 4 T200 for vertical. what’s gonna happen with this configuration? Is it gonna blow several component in the POD or it’s gonna works?
Hi @Zamzam, welcome to the forum 
If you only swap out the thrusters then there aren’t really any additional risks to the power system. The main things to be aware of are:
- Excessive power draw leading to the onboard computer restarting due to undervoltage
- This post is from a while ago, but covers a few relevant mitigation strategy options
- Extended operation at high thrust levels overheating the ESCs and/or overwhelming the power sense module
- It is safer to limit high thrust to brief time periods, and not all thrusters at the same time, to allow things to cool down in between
- Note also the continuous current limits of the battery
- An aluminium enclosure can help transfer heat away from the components and into the surrounding water
- It is safer to limit high thrust to brief time periods, and not all thrusters at the same time, to allow things to cool down in between
Thank you for the quick response.
Actually we already try 4 thruster T500 for horizontal and vertical thruster using 2 T200 and 2 T500. we didnt limit the thruster gain and what a happen is the power sense module is burn also along the power Cable. We just want to know if we use 4 T500 horizontal and 4 T200 vertical Will not burn the power sensing module or other component
As I mentioned in my previous response, extended operation at high thrust levels can overwhelm or overheat parts of the power system (be that with several T200 thrusters, T500s, or some combination of the two).
I linked you to some ways to avoid that, but if you don’t want software-based approaches then you’ll need to either limit operation manually, or upgrade each limiting component and wire until the thrusters themselves are the limiting factor (which would likely be quite expensive, and provide limited value).