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10-17-2012, 02:03 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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'93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
'93 Club Car - 36V with multistep potentiometer v-glide and curtis controller. Had issues earlier in year and a lot of stuff was 'bush' mechaniched by someone else.
Recently purchased and installed new solenoid (sits mounted just behind passenger seat), resistor, diode, Multistep v-glide, microswiches for f/r switch, fuse and recepticle. Batteries are new and read 38V when charged. All connections are tight. Took for test run (maybe 3kmon flat road)and all seems to be fine; maybe a little slow (however I have been riding in another 48V recently...) not sure. Returned home and solenoid was warm/hot to the touch - is this normal? Thanks, Andrew |
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10-17-2012, 04:43 AM | #2 |
Gone Wild
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Re: '93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
I would think some heat would be normal, lots of juice going throu there, I am not a electric cart guy so im sure others will come along soon and give more info
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10-17-2012, 05:54 AM | #3 |
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Re: '93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
Welcome to BGW!
Yes, a solenoid in a sparky cart gets warm. ALL of the pack energy passes through it when driven. |
10-17-2012, 08:14 AM | #4 |
The Last Moja Morani
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10-17-2012, 08:25 AM | #5 |
Happy Carting
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Re: '93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
If the solenoid is under sized it will get hotter than 'normal'. What size Control and solenoid are you using?
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10-18-2012, 01:09 AM | #6 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: '93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
Thank you.
Solenoid is standard Club Car 36V solenoid. Black cylindrical turret about 2.5" tall. Controller, not sure; will need to check and get back to you. Took it for another run, with voltmeter attached. Pedal not pressed reading 38V; when running on good flat road drops to about 36.6V; on grass drops to 35.8-36.3V and uphill drops to about 35V. All normal?? Thanks, Andrew |
10-19-2012, 01:12 PM | #7 |
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Re: '93 36V Club Car - hot solenoid?
All normal. Carry on.
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