# Recommended Power Supply
**URL:** https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370
**Category:** Blue Robotics Software
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370 "2018-09-18T03:10:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@sean](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/sean)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370/1 "2018-09-18T03:10:50Z")
Can anyone recommend a bench power supply for powering the BlueROV2 through its battery connector? The battery notes a 90A continuous discharge at 14.8V, but perhaps I could power it and operate thrusters with a bit less? My intention is to be able to develop/test on the onboard computer without constantly using and recharging the batteries. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@rjehangir](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/rjehangir)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370/2 "2018-09-18T04:06:40Z")
Hi Sean,
Good idea. We have a BK Precision 1692 in our lab and it does a good job of providing up to 40A at 15V. I think that would work for most situations. You’ll need to send a pretty thick power cable down to the ROV and it shouldn’t be more than a few meters long to avoid a large voltage drop.
Going to higher current than that usually bumps up the price quite a bit on most power supplies.
Hope that helps.
-Rusty
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### Author:  [@sean](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/sean)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370/3 "2018-09-18T04:41:41Z")
Hey Rusty,
I don’t mean to send the vehicle underwater with the power supply, only to perform lab testing with it. Thanks for the recommendation. I’m going to pick up one of those supplies.
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### Author:  [@jerfox-ratw](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jerfox-ratw)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370/4 "2018-09-19T01:44:46Z")
I’ve just been using an old laptop power supply that I had laying around ~ 14v / 3A. As long as I’m not running the thrusters, it works great for just doing bench work/testing on the computer.
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### Author:  [@sean](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/sean)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/recommended-power-supply/3370/5 "2018-09-19T02:50:44Z")
Thanks @jerfox-ratw. Good to know that that works alright as well.