Club Car battery cables

Dugger88

First off GREAT SITE.......
Hey there, I guess, I could have done a search but thought I would throw a few questions out to yea.
I just bought a used 93 Club Car, at a real good price need to do some frame repairs but not a big deal, being I fabricate and weld aluminum darn near everyday.

Knowing now it's 36 volts, I'll be slowly upgrading everything, and I been reading about up sizing the battery cable from GA. to 4 GA. but why not 2GA.? and the would welding wire be a better choice being the amp loads or stick to standard battery cables?

And I read about changing the F-N-R switch over to using 6 post continuous duty solenoids when handling higher voltage and amps, is it worth it to do that? and is there a wire schematic floating around the Internet for this type of set up.

Looking forward to talking more to you all..... Thanks in advance for the tips.

roady89

Welcome to BGW.

Welding cable is best because it can carry more juice. Theres no reason not to use 2 guage other than you will have trouble hooking up the cables to the v-glide. You can barely get 4 gauge cables in there.

I have seen those f/r solenoids. It can be done but the cost is alot higher...I guess it all depends on what you want. I beleive cloud electric had/has a diagram for that. Not sure if cloud electric is around anymore though.

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phasetim

if you are going to drop the money into upgrading the 36v, might as well spend a few hundred more and make it a 48v. The beauty of having a blank car, is you can truly build what you want....

roady89

Tim hit the nail right on the head...build what YOU want...not what some crappy dealer wants to sell you.

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phasetim

LOL a smart dealer knows that a customers desires usually cost more anyways

Dugger88

I have tossed the Idea of Bumping it up to 48 volts, might next years project,
figure goof around with what I got for now then hit it with the steroids.

phasetim

If you are going to do the upgrade to 48v, I would just use your car the way it is, and save your money to do the upgrades all at once.

It will be easier, cheaper, and more fun...

crash12888

Welding cable is the best you can do. Electricity actually flows around each single strand of wire,

not through it so the more strands you have in a cable the higher the amps it will carry.

You ever notice those cheap sets of jumper cables that might say "heavy duty 6 ga" they might have 10 strands in the cable and don't work worth a hoot.

crash12888

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot my manners,

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