REFLECTOR:Balancer

[Greg Poole]

Dear TEC,

One of the guys was kind enough to forward me the video but by the time it
arrived, Vibetech would not honour the "bulk deal" price of $900 - this
makes a big difference to an Aussie with the current exchange rate - so I
held off buying a unit.
Sure glad I did not commit after hearing your story as getting service from
here would be a nightmare.

How are the other people fairing with their units? The idea sounded good and
I would be still keen if all give the Vibetech units a clean bill of health
and a validation of their usefulness.

Greg in Sydney.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HYTEC45@aol.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:40 AM
Subject: REFLECTOR:Balancer


> In a message dated 6/7/03 6:45:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> wamowens@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> << One  mechanic at my field gets $250.
>  Get your EAA chapter to buy a $900 balancer from Norm
>  Seranno.vibetech@bellsouth.net <vibetech@bellsouth.net>
>   >>
> I got my balancer with the "big purchase" late last year and have yet to
get
> a reliable readout from it.  It looses it's lock on the RPM above 1300.  I
> went so far as to make brackets for the optical sensor for both my
Velocity and
> C-172 with no luck.  It has been back twice to Vibetech with no change.
> Vibetec says it checks out fine on the bench.  It also eats a battery if I
leave it
> installed for a couple weeks, even though it goes to sleep after 3
minuets.
> This is not right.  I even sent JPEG photos of my installation and the
brackets
> I made.  Norman said the installation is far superior than necessary.
They
> are reluctant to replace it with a different unit.  So far, it has been a
waste
> of $900 bucks and a lot of my time(far more than $900 at my rate;-).  I
have
> tried it on 4 different aircraft, twice.
>
> TEC.
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