Hi Kelle,

While my Gizmo #31 has a different controller and motor, going by its
capabilities you probably have the Curtis 1205-201 Electronic Speed Controller,
450A, 36V-48V. The simplest would be to replace with the same controller. That
way you don't have to figure out mounting holes and where the wires go incase
the Altrax controller puts things in a different place. If I understand how your
Gizmo is setup an Altrax should work fine as long as it is designed to the same
or very similar specifications to your Curtis. If the tech at Curtis Instruments
figures they can rebuild your controller cheaper than replacing it you might
want to go that route. I'm sure Carl can give you more info.

From being on the Electric Vehical Discussion List (evdl.org) I have heard where
some controllers, Curtis amoung them, do not do well with moisture. That might
be what got into your controller over the winter and then fried it when you
turned it on. BTW, what town do you live in? I live in Kelso, WA so if you are
in the greater Portland area I or someone else in the area may be able to come
look at your Gizmo and help you out.

David D. Nelson

nelsda@...



http://www.evalbum.com/1328

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, KeDeFo33@... <KeDeFo33@...> wrote:

From: KeDeFo33@... <KeDeFo33@...>
Subject: [gizmo-users] Gizmo Controller
To: kash4kev@..., gizmo@...
Cc: gizmo-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 11:06 AM

















Hello Kev & Carl,



In trying to track down a replacement controller, this is what I found so far.

My controller blew up or grungily boiled over on the first use after a long
Oregon winter with no garage.

The Controller that had been in my car (Gizmo #28) was this one:



Curtis 1205 (D) (C) serial #355823X



Golf Tech Industries (No longer in business, it seems)



WinterSprings, Florida.



I went looking for the same...

Curtis Instruments tech guy is gonna call me back when he returns from lunch....
Wilfreido is his name. in NY.

I went to the Curtis web site also:

www.curtisinstrumen ts.com

http://curtisinst. com/index. cfm?fuseaction= Contact.Distribu tors

Here I found Electric Vehicles of America (www.evamerica. com). I spoke to Brian
and then Bob. They can distribute for us. However, they don't know which Curtis
1205 we need for my car....I guess there are quite a few Curtis 1205's. Usually
they have 4 digits after that.



The gent, Bob, at Electric Vehicles of America suggested that there is a high
chance for a 48 volt car, that an AllTrax 4834 would work. I didn't ask if that
was a Curtis or not.

I wish I understood more about this stuff....but I don't see studying time
anyday in the near future. I am so grateful to all of you who do and are so
helpful.



Ok, Carl? Do you know if I can use an AllTrax 4834? or is there someone else who
can supply a more suitable controller?



Thank you Carl,

Thank you Kev and the User's Group too!

Kelle



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