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Old 08-07-2019, 07:49 PM   #1
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My neighbor bought two battery meters. One for my 2009 Club Car Precedent and one for his 2013 Yamaha Drive. I installed them exactly the same. Ran two wires to the battery bank, one to positive, one to negative. I ran a wire from the 3rd leg of the meter, "C" to a splice on the on/off switch so it only come on when the key is on. My meter stays all the way to the right like it's fully charged. His moves down to the left as the batteries discharge. Both carts are 48 volts. Any thoughts?
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Old 08-07-2019, 08:10 PM   #2
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Truthfully in a golf cart or any other voltage critical situation those bar graph meters are not worth the money spent on them. Get rid of it and go with a digital voltage meter!
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Old 08-07-2019, 09:52 PM   #3
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Another vote for a voltage meter.
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Is there a digital meter about the same size? Now that I have a hole in the dash I'd like to fill it with something that works. I used to use my neighbors cart then I bought this retired golf course beauty and spent a few days bringing it back from the dead. It was a gift for my new cart from my neighor, (older guy, and his wife wanted one in their cart, so he figured I would put one in his too, which I didn't mind doing.)

I use my cart in a campground on weekends and vacations. I get there Friday night and leave Sunday night. Aside from riding it around for fun, it's to the pool, office, dumpster and back. I'm on the opposite end of the campground from the pool. It's down hill then uphill to the pool. So when my batteries get low it's usually at the bottom of the hill going back to my site. It starts to surge. I think I'm just going to start to plug it in every night before I go to bed. Everyone else seems to only charge theirs when it dies.

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Old 08-08-2019, 06:33 AM   #5
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You should definitely plug your cart to charge at the end of the day, your batteries will last longer if not allowed to stay overnight on a discharged condition.

Are You absolutely sure the meter is 48v and the 'C' terminal is the one connected to the key switch?

Have you charged the cart since the meter was installed?

Some of those meters need to see charging voltage in order to reset and display properly.
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Old 08-08-2019, 06:36 AM   #6
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...snip...I think I'm just going to start to plug it in every night before I go to bed. Everyone else seems to only charge theirs when it dies...snip...
That's exactly what you should do. By only charging when the cart dies all your neighbours are cutting years off the life of their battery packs and it is costing them hundreds of dollars as a result. Batteries should only be stored charged so you should charge the cart after each use.

If batteries get stored in a discharged state it increases sulfation which is deadly to batteries.
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You should definitely plug your cart to charge at the end of the day, your batteries will last longer if not allowed to stay overnight on a discharged condition.

Are You absolutely sure the meter is 48v and the 'C' terminal is the one connected to the key switch?

Have you charged the cart since the meter was installed?

Some of those meters need to see charging voltage in order to reset and display properly.
Yes, absolutely sure the meter is 48V and the "C" terminal is connected to key switch. Maybe I should try swapping the "+" and the "C" to see if that makes a difference.
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Thanks for the tip on charging. This is my first golf cart and everyone seems to just charge when their cart dies. I'll start plugging it in after use.
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I would check the sticker on the actual battery meter to see if it is a 48V version. Runleader makes those in 12,24,36,48,72V variations. Perhaps a 24 or 36v model got put into the wrong box.
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Charging it when it dies is very bad for the batteries, which are not cheap. Make sure you check the water level frequently as well.
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