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08-23-2012, 08:29 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Slow 85 Ds Club Car
Hi I'm new here and after reading some of the post this seems to be a pretty good site. Maybe somebody can help. I just picked up a 1985 Club Car Ds (was suppose to be a 96-another story) I took the cart anyway. The problem right now is the cart goes pretty good on the level, but it is very slow going up a hill. I have replaced one battery in it, cleaned all the battery cables and I check the voltage (all batteries are around 6.4V and as a group their at 36.5 or higher. The cart is in ruff shape to say the least, but I figure it would be a good project to play with. Any thoughts will be helpfull.
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08-23-2012, 08:33 AM | #2 |
Happy Carting
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
38.2 is a full charge....36.5 is about 50% depleted... or time to recharge.
Attach your meter to the pack and tell us what the voltage drops to going up hill |
08-23-2012, 09:19 AM | #3 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
Will do. Thanks
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08-23-2012, 09:46 AM | #4 |
Happy Carting
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
No problem, lots of tricky old batteries show a decent voltage when standing but drop a cell when under load, 6v instantly turns to 4v and even if it's it just one battery doing it the cart seems to fall on it's face.
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08-23-2012, 09:56 AM | #5 |
The Last Moja Morani
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
its an 85 i take it it has 5 solenoids? are they all working? if any arn,t that would also effect speed of cart as scotty mentioned make sure your dealing with a good battery pack 1st and keep in mind speed for that cart is 10 to 12 mph and even slower going uphill thats just the nature of an elec cart..........................................
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08-23-2012, 10:02 AM | #6 | |
Happy Carting
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
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I did pick up on that all batteries were around 6.4 (x6=38.4= full)but the pack reads 36.5 = 2 volts down which is the value of one cell, hmm? |
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08-24-2012, 10:39 AM | #7 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
Good stuff. I'll check this out this weekend and let you know how it goes.
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08-30-2012, 11:10 AM | #8 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
Ok finally got a chance to check the batteries in "Hoky Poky"
Battery 1 2 3 4 5 6 6.36 6.38 6.38 6.33 6.43 6.40 = 38.28 CHARGED 6.52 6.55 6.53 6.49 6.60 6.56 = 39.25 Number 4 is a new battery. |
08-30-2012, 11:18 AM | #9 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
I forgot to add this.
It has 5 solenoids. How do I check to see if they are OK. They are pertty dirty and hopefully I will be taking the body off and I want to clean them up ( all contacts and wires) to see if that makes a difference. |
08-30-2012, 11:20 AM | #10 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Slow 85 Ds Club Car
K now what are they under a load? Basically put meter on cart and with seat off test each battery when pedal is pressed down and see what they drop to...post findings...be careful you can hold brake a little but dont hold accel peddle down for a more than a few seconds it can cause cart damage...
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