Charger issue

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I bought a 2013 Precedent without a charger. It has 1.5 year old Crown batteries but didn't come with a charger. I tried my Powerdrive 3 charger that i use on a 2011 DS (that works perfectly on that cart) and I keep getting a yellow fault light when I un-plug (meaning the charger isn't completing its cycles, correct?)

I read up on it and it looks like possibly resetting my OBC will fix the issue or is at least worth a try?

I plan on getting a DPI charger, and bypassing OBC but It won't be here for 2 weeks or so.

Any other ideas before I try the reset? The charger should work as they are both IQ carts correct?

Thanks, Barry

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jjance

That yellow fault light is probably indicating a bad battery. But do the reset. BTW you'll love the DPI.

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I am going to check the batteries tomorrow. I also found this black wire that looks out of place, any idea?

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Black wire with yellow butt connector?

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jjance

That looks like it might be the neg wire from your charger. Look around that area and see if there is a bullet connector that will plug into it. Does your charger meter go to 15 amps when you charge your cart? If it doesn't that is defiantly the charger wire.

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I don't see a bullet connector anywhere. Is there a negative cable that should be connected to the pack that is a smaller cable like pictured? There is a smaller red (positive) cable on battery number 1 (or is that 6?) but not other negative cable besides the heavier gauged cables...

Sergio

That is the standard negative accessories connection provided by Club Car.

It would be used by a DC-DC voltage converter.

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Thank you!

I reset my OBC, when I first plugged the charger in the light came on for a second. The charger stayed in the first mode and wouldn't change. I un-plugged it and tried again and it seemed to act normal. It initially came on, did it's test, shut down for a second and started again. We will see if this fixes it.

I ordered the DPI charger today, either way I will be bypassing the OBC and using the new charger. Hopefully my batteries are good, I will test them later!