David D. Nelson wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Maybe if I can't find the right stuff for a belt drive
> I may just have to go with a chain drive setup. I'd
> rather not have the extra noise but I don't really
> know how much noise chain drives really have. I'm just
> thinking of the noise from my bicycle chain when I'm
> cruising along at 20+ mph. BTW, do you remember the
> tooth counts on the two gears or at least on the drive
> gear?
>
> David
>
> --- Tom Gocze <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi David,
>>Both were chain drive. The first one was built
>>around 2001. It had an
>>ADC motor and a burnt out Curtis controller. It was
>>burnt out while
>>it was being
>>loaded onto the delivery truck. The seller's wife
>>switched between
>>forward and reverse while trying to move it onto the
>>loading ramp and
>>took out the controller.
>>
>> I bought a rebuilt Curtis from Golftech, which was
>>defective. After
>>getting pissed off while waiting for a call back, I
>>decided to put in
>>an Etek motor and a Sevcon Millipak 4Q controller.
>>The Etek bolted
>>right in, so I figured that was a sign from God.
>>LOL.
>>
>>It ran pretty good, but in hindsight I am skeptical
>>about the
>>longevity of the Etek. The Sevcon was a very
>>impressive controller
>>that was hard to understand how to program. The
>>directions were
>>written by British engineers and were a little
>>confusing. Their US
>>engineers were extremely helpful and talked me
>>through the
>>programming. They were able to diagnose a couple
>>issues and get me
>>running in no time.
>>
>>Anyway, the other one was an early basket case that
>>was all in
>>pieces. I cleaned it up and used a contactor
>>controller that was
>>24/48V with a starting resistor. It had a 3hp PM
>>motor that was
>>fairly heavy, so I figured that 48V would be fine on
>>it. It ran very
>>well also.
>>The last step on the controller would snap you back
>>like a kickdown
>>on an automatic transmission would when you floor
>>it.
>>
>>Both were about 6:1. The chain drives were a little
>>more noisy than a
>>belt would've been, but they were simple to maintain
>>and work on.
>>And they are cheap and parts are easy to find. I
>>noticed the BugE
>>uses a chain, probably for the same reason. The
>>sound level is the
>>same on the BugE as it was on the Gizmos.
>>
>>Tom
>>PS. I still have a contactor controller archive on
>>www.hotandcold.tv.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Tom,
>>
>>Did either of your Gizmos have a belt drive? Also,
>>did
>>either have a SepEx motor and Sevcon controller?
>>
>>David
>>--- Tom Gocze <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I had a a couple Gizmos. One was quite early and
>>
>>the
>>
>>>other was fairly
>>>recent. They both were geared at about 6:1.
>>>They both seemed to have the right balance for
>>>starting and running
>>>at top speed (~40mph).
>>>Tom
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>>
>>David D. Nelson
>>
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