Hot take: My DIY ROV build from junk parts kept me sane

I found a bunch of old thrusters and control boxes in the shop storage. Spent my last break trying to make a small remote vehicle out of them. Had to use a plastic tub as a test tank because my pool is too small. It took a few days to get the wires right without shorting everything. But seeing that thing move under water on my own command was pretty cool. I might try to film some fish with it next. What do you all do with spare gear when you're bored?

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mila_sullivan9d ago

So how did you even rig up the plastic tub as a test tank... got a picture of that setup?

jennycooper9d ago

My buddy Jason used a 50 gallon Rubbermaid tub from his garage. He hooked up a cheap fountain pump from Amazon with some old garden hose for the inlet and outlet. The real hack was using a zip-tied window screen over the drain hole to keep the test fish from getting sucked in. Looked janky as hell but it ran for a full month without leaking.