Tim Lynch on sun 19 sep 99
Fred: I just went through this with my Pacifica. It had started to lurch
and hesitate and would not get going unless the pedal was pushed to a pretty
high rpm. After it got going, I could reduce the rpm's by easing back on
the pedal. I pulled the bottom off the pedal for a looksee and adjusted the
screw coming out of the side of the pedal. This helped a teeny bit but did
not alleviate the entire problem. I emailed Laguna from their website and
they faxed me a sheet with instructions and a very clear, understandable
drawing of the inside of the control box and the adjustments to be made.
The control box is really pretty simple in design. Once you get it off
your
wheel and undo the screws, you should see, just under the fuse on my box,
two little round dealybobbers with what appear to be little arrows in them.
the one on the left is marked IR. With a very small screwdriver, turn the
IR to the 10 o'clock position. The one on the right is marked CL and should
be in the 3 o'clock position. As it states on the info I have "These
adjustments are very sensitive, you may need to turn past the setting mark
and then back to the setting mark to get the correct response from the
control unit."
This helped immensely with the lurching but not completely. I messed around
with the ground wire from the control box to the motor frame and found that
this manipulation also helped. I loosened it up a bit. Now I'm back to
normal with everything. Thank God or whatever diety you subscribe to.
Tim Lynch
The Clay man
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
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>From: Fredrick Paget
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: Re: Brent pedal
>Date: Sat, Sep 18, 1999, 1:58 PM
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Now that the Brent has been explained, does anybody know how to make these
> adjustments on the Pacifica?
> I looked inside the foot pedal of a Pacifica and there is an entirely
> different setup. They have a magnet that moves when the pedal is moved and
> a little transistor like device that is almost certainly a magnetoresistor.
> It's resistance will change as the strength of the magnetic field on its
> chip varies. This device is a clever replacement for the main speed control
> pot of most other wheels - cheap and neat design. I wish I had thought of
> it.
> The adjustment pots. Must be in the control box if there are any.
> Trouble with fooling with the pots on the control board is you may screw up
> the feedback adjustment and some other circuit functions, depending on the
> design of the control board.
> You have to have instructions from the manufacturer and some of them are in
> horror that you would even think of going into the control box. Hence no
> instructions for us peons.
> Anybody with experience on this?
> Fred Paget
>
>
>>Dear Alisa,
>>Don't stomp on the pedal. There are plastic control parts and levers
>>inside the foot pedal. Take the cover plate off the bottom of the pedal
>>and adjust the speed with the red and/or blue pots. You may also have
>>to adjust the positioning of the lever arm. If you have stomped on it,
>>you may have shifted the position of this lever. Get the speed
>>to where you want it and play with the lever position as well. You have to
>>move the foot action plate to do this.
>>Marcia in Montana
>>
>>
>>
>>> My Brent CXC suddenly has a mind of it's own. When the pedel is totally
>>> down,
>>> the wheel head continues to
>>> slowly turn. I have stomped, inspected for clay bits in between the pedal
>>> and...etc....etc...
>
>
> From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA
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