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Old 10-10-2013, 12:10 PM   #1
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Default 48v Voltage Reducer Switch Question

This may have been asked a million times, but what type of Switch for a 48V Voltage Reducer ( Voltage and amp-wise) do I need? All I could find are regular automotive 15 volt switches The Reducer is coming from Carts Unlimited ScottyB`s. I know very little to nothing about this stuff. Thanks.
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Old 10-10-2013, 12:22 PM   #2
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Default Re: 48v Voltage Reducer Switch Question

You Something equivalent to a common automotive key switch. Any toggle or rocker switch rated 20 amps at 15v is fine to turn the reducer on & off.
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Old 10-10-2013, 12:24 PM   #3
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Default Re: 48v Voltage Reducer Switch Question

you don't necessarily need a dedicated switch to turn it on, it has an activation wire you can hook into the key switch to turn on any time the cart is on, if you want a dedicated switch, then pretty much any automotive switch will work (12volt) on the activation wire, as it will not be pulling any amps through it.
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Old 10-10-2013, 12:30 PM   #4
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you don't necessarily need a dedicated switch to turn it on, it has an activation wire you can hook into the key switch to turn on any time the cart is on, if you want a dedicated switch, then pretty much any automotive switch will work (12volt) on the activation wire, as it will not be pulling any amps through it.
Careful, some CC use minus or negative polarity at the key switch. The DC reducer I sell (go here for the lowest price anywhere! > http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/golf-...tml#post941774 ) has a positive polarity switch circuit. I assumed this is why he asked about an alternative switch.
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Old 10-10-2013, 12:36 PM   #5
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Careful, some CC use minus or negative polarity at the key switch. The DC reducer I sell (go here for the lowest price anywhere! > http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/golf-...tml#post941774 ) has a positive polarity switch circuit. I assumed this is why he asked about an alternative switch.
You are right about that, I guess we both should have stated to use a volt meter to find where to hook up the activation wire
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Club car had to be different..... first the negative key switch then the OBC. What's next?
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then again why turn it off ? should not draw unless in use .. right ?
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then again why turn it off ? should not draw unless in use .. right ?
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does the activation wire have to be switched ?
YES. The reducers draw power to reduce. So leaving it on actually leaves a draw on the pack and that is why the good reducers have a switch circuit.

If your reducer does not have a switchable on/off circuit then use a charger type relay to turn it on/off.
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Default Re: 48v Voltage Reducer Switch Question

I wired mine on a separate 12 volt switch as I did not like the fact of it being on all the time with the key{ mine is not a negative switch), all I use it for are lights and a cig lighter for other things, so no need for it to be on all the time.
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Default Re: 48v Voltage Reducer Switch Question

Great! Thanks, guys. Yeah, when I bought the reducer I read where it said you could hook it up to the Key unless it was an older CC. Mine`s a 99 so I`m not sure how old you meant. Thanks, again
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