Image Gallery

Welcome to the Hobby Submarines image gallery. This gallery contains Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) related images with brief descriptions, any questions or comments can be posted in the My Blog section and I will answer as soon as I can.

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Image ID:001
Title:Batteries Recharging In Series
Description:This is how I charge up the 12 volt batteries in series. All the negative terminals are connected together as are the positive terminals.

Image ID:002
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:This is a detail image of the front of the SeafoxROV with the light and camera housings.

Image ID:006
Title:ROV Control Box
Description:This is the control box I use for the Seafox ROV. I place it in front of the TV monitor for easy viewing of what I'm recording. The TV monitor is inside the dolly and shaded from the sun.

Image ID:007
Title:Tether
Description:This is a detail image showing the two 100 foot cat5e cables and 18 gauge speaker wire tied together with a 1-inch piece of pipe insulation used as bouyancy. I am still experimenting how far apart the insulation should be placed.

Image ID:009
Title:ROV Dolly
Description:This is inside the ROV dolly. Two 12 volt car batteries are connected in parallel to provided 24 volts over the 100 foot tether. The third car battery provides power for the TV monitor and DVD recorder through a 400 watt 12 VDC to 110 VAC inverter.

I had to separate the ROV power and TV/DVD recorder power to avoid signal noise.

Image ID:016
Title:Jumper Cable
Description:This is the jumper cable I use to quickly hook up the car batteries in series or parallel. I recommend having at least two of these in your tool box.

Image ID:018
Title:Camera Assembly
Description:This is the assembly for the camera. The CCTV camera is mounted on a plastic tray and slide inside the PVC housing, the 1/4-inch clear acrylic port and rubber gasket are then bolted on with eight 1/4-inch bolts.

Image ID:019
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:This is a detail stern shot of the Seafox ROV showing the power container made of 3-inch PVC piping and 2 end caps. All wires from the 100 foot tether, bilge pumps, camera and light goes into this container. Candle wax is then poured in to seal it from the water.

Image ID:022
Title:ROV Underwater Light
Description:All the parts for the underwater light ready for assembly.

Image ID:023
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:Completed Seafox ROV ready for testing.

Image ID:024
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:Detail image of the Seafox ROV.

Image ID:025
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:Front view of the completed Seafox ROV.

Image ID:028
Title:Underwater Camera Housing
Description:Detail image of the underwater camera housing and how it is bolted together with the 1/4-inch bolts.

Image ID:029
Title:Underwater Camera Housing
Description:Detail image of the wiring into the light and underwater camera housing.

Image ID:030
Title:Seafox ROV
Description:Detail image of the 1100 GPH (gallons per hour) 12 volt bilge pumps.