Burned up rectifier in charger

minytrker

My charger popped the fuse so I reset it and noticed the amp meter never moved on the charger. When I took apart the charger I saw the rectifier bolted to the inside of the case was all black and looked burned up. They are only a few dollars online, will I really be that lucky just to put a new one in?

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CCFanatic

FWIW, look at the rebuild kits on ebay. They are cheap. I'd buy a kit and replace all of the components that the kit includes

jakesnake27

I had to do this a few years ago with my charger and it's worked great ever since.

minytrker

Thats very good news!! I will look up a rebuild kit right now. I have a power drive 2 charger. I just unhooked and charged all 4 batteries overnight with my smart chargers (happen to have 4) and all 4 batteries are reading 12.80-12.90 each while unhooked.

minytrker

Is it better to get rebuild kit with oem 35amp rectifier or one with heavy duty 50 amp?

jakesnake27

I've got a PD2 as well, and I believe I just went with the 35 amp OEM one. It's hard to say if the 50 amp really would last longer.

CCFanatic

Overkill never hurts, especially when it's only a $4 dollar difference (may be less if as best offer is accepted). Make sure it is the kit from the seller golfcartparts. I bought from him and I am happy with the quality and purchase

minytrker

Thats the seller I was looking at.

TahoeDawgZ71

For what it's worth, Club Car quit using the 35 Amp rectifier in the PD2 charger a few years before they came out with the PD3. The 50 Amp was used in all of the PD2s at the end of their tenure.

jakesnake27

And that's why we have Dave around here.
Good info