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Rapide Chain Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 156890" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Hi Bruce</p><p>I believe your 99 vintage unit is similar to my 2011 unit, but yours might have slightly weaker magnets.</p><p>Some owners of your type unit complained that it did not produce enough power at lower speeds. "150 watts easy at 100 mph " was the joke going around.</p><p>Paul Hamon responded by building a 3 phase unit. This was around 2005. I got one of the first 3 phase units. It worked ok when cold but became ineffective as it warmed up. Paul thought it might be a fault in the Podtronics reg/rec I had chosen to use instead of opting for the Alton supplied reg/rec.</p><p>It's ironic because today Alton will only supply a Podtronics.</p><p>Anyway, I contacted Bob Kizer of Podtronics and he was very helpful. I should say doubtful but helpful. At that time he had sold something like 11 thousand Pods and had 3 go bad.</p><p>A lot of testing was done but in the end Paul said " There is something wrong with my three phase design, I don't know what it is. I will send you a new single phase unit which has very powerful magnets and is sped up by an internal transmission. It will make some noise on kickover"</p><p>That was the one that sheared it's teeth off twice.</p><p>Paul was good though, when I encountered the problems he sent me his next model free of charge. It is single phase and the magnets do not seem overly powerful. I can easily grab the little armature end and spin it over. You can feel the magnets but there isn't much resistance.</p><p></p><p>A very long winded way of saying, I think you have a good un!</p><p></p><p>Glen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 156890, member: 2708"] Hi Bruce I believe your 99 vintage unit is similar to my 2011 unit, but yours might have slightly weaker magnets. Some owners of your type unit complained that it did not produce enough power at lower speeds. "150 watts easy at 100 mph " was the joke going around. Paul Hamon responded by building a 3 phase unit. This was around 2005. I got one of the first 3 phase units. It worked ok when cold but became ineffective as it warmed up. Paul thought it might be a fault in the Podtronics reg/rec I had chosen to use instead of opting for the Alton supplied reg/rec. It's ironic because today Alton will only supply a Podtronics. Anyway, I contacted Bob Kizer of Podtronics and he was very helpful. I should say doubtful but helpful. At that time he had sold something like 11 thousand Pods and had 3 go bad. A lot of testing was done but in the end Paul said " There is something wrong with my three phase design, I don't know what it is. I will send you a new single phase unit which has very powerful magnets and is sped up by an internal transmission. It will make some noise on kickover" That was the one that sheared it's teeth off twice. Paul was good though, when I encountered the problems he sent me his next model free of charge. It is single phase and the magnets do not seem overly powerful. I can easily grab the little armature end and spin it over. You can feel the magnets but there isn't much resistance. A very long winded way of saying, I think you have a good un! Glen [/QUOTE]
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