wide timing (cog) belt. Chain and sprockets are cheap, available and most
efficient, but noisy. Those Eagle belts and pulleys are expensive and not
worth the extra money. Check McMaster Carr on-line, they also have belt
tensioners and idlers if ya need em. You could consider experimenting with
Cogbelt and pulleys when you get tired of the noiz. Bob
From: "David D. Nelson" <
> 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 <
[hidden email]> 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 <
[hidden email]> 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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