club car charger 48 volt

P230477

My 48 volt club car charger voltage meter is jumping to full voltage as soon as I pug it into the cart and its getting hot. This problem just started. Does anyone have an Idea of what could be causing this?

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jeremy98

Is the charger sparking when you connect it? You could have a bad battery that could be causing this. I would double check each battery for any issues before trying this again.

NoleFan4Ever

Your OBC has failed and is not regulating the charger or handling the delay.

To help you more with this or with future posts always list the year and model/type of cart you have. The serial # always helps, too.

P230477

Thank You, this is a precedent 2011 electric #PH1141-239459. What should I check on the obc to know if its fried?

NoleFan4Ever

Well I can assure you the OBC is failed as it is not delaying the start of the charger as that is a safety catch.

But to bypass it for charger testing, do the following. Bypass the OBC by running a jumper from the back side of the charge receptacle (where the black 10g wire is that goes into the harness) and run it directly to the Main Pack Negative. Also take the grey sense wire coming off the same receptacle and land it to the same place. This will allow the charger to turn on "if" the OBC has failed. Note- This is only to test and not to make normal operation as the charger will be in complete manual operation and will not turn off or have the charging algorithm.

Find a new OBC here https://www.revolutiongolfcars.com/p...08-5-and-newer

If your amperage stays steady it will be all good. If not, the rectifier is bad and you can get one here https://www.revolutiongolfcars.com/p...-car-102273501

P230477

Thank you for help

P230477

I did the bypass on obc and the charger is still doing the same thing. the meter immediately jumps to full right which I think is 17 or 20 amps and is buzzing.

NoleFan4Ever

It is supposed to do that. But is should not go 17a to 5a and back to 15a and back down, etc. It should go up and stay at 17a and slowly drop down over the charge cycle.

And it supposed to buzz as that is the transformer.

But your OBC is what has failed and is why there is not a 5-10 second delay after you plug it in to the cart.

MILLERTIME

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