tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986295858172429634.post6262182881156297556..comments2023-05-18T03:18:50.517-07:00Comments on Gizmo: Hall-effect throttle replacementGizmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03556169075856492902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986295858172429634.post-22119740409499995282013-12-16T16:34:36.140-08:002013-12-16T16:34:36.140-08:00Remember that you live in a significantly flatter ...Remember that you live in a significantly flatter area of the country than I do. :) If I didn't use full throttle on my way home I would be impeding traffic. Also, I frequently have to drive on a 45mph road so full throttle is necessary at least to get up to speed. Finally, when I use regen I regularly use full throttle. It was a bit unnerving to have it cut out on me and took a bit of mind energy to release the throttle a little to engage the regen again.<br /><br />I agree, there was some great engineering in the Gizmo. I only wish they could have refined the design more over time.Gizmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556169075856492902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986295858172429634.post-37406822834140210952013-12-16T15:18:16.207-08:002013-12-16T15:18:16.207-08:00You use full throttle on your Gizmo? Wow! I think ...You use full throttle on your Gizmo? Wow! I think I can count the number of times I've gone full pull on the fingers of one hand, which is good, as I need the other hand to do the counting.<br /><br />My norm circuit suffered an internal lobotomy when I managed to push the 66v pack power into the 12v circuit some time ago. A 12v blower fan sounds pretty impressive at 5x normal.<br /><br />Anyway, I cobbled together a 5v source from a 12v USB adapter to provide the 5v to the hall effect throttle and it worked!<br /><br />Norm replacements are way expensive and I was happy to get away with something less costly.<br /><br />It sounds as though you did well with your replacement too. I acquired a mobility scooter (old-person's-electric-chair) with a broken hall-effect controller. Four copper coils on a PC board and one coil mounted on the bottom of the control stick. One of the coils broke on the plastic bobbin and most of the sources list three and four hundred dollar replacements. Got lucky like you did and found only the parts necessary.<br /><br />For an old vehicle, the Gizmo still shows some great engineering especially in the home-repair side of things.fred_dot_unoreply@blogger.com