club car regen controller '97 to '01

mardig

I am new to this forum and looking for help in taking a club car Power Drive Plus (Regen II) controller and using it to control a 12V winch motor.

What I need is information on how to and what else I would need to vary the output voltage of the controller.

I am trying to use 12 to 24 dcv as input and vary the output voltage to motor.

Thanks, Mardig

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crash test dummy

why would you want to vary the input to a 12v winch motor ?
they are made to use 12v of power... more volts will burn the motor up .. less than 12v will also harm them too

mardig

would like to slow the speed down. I am using this on a home made trailer mover

greg-g

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So putting a 36 volt motor in a 48 volt system will burn it up?
And a 48 volt motor in a 36 volt cart will harm it also ?

OK!
A controller does not vary voltage it varies the pulse width so disregard this, now a winch motor is not a regen motor so that controller would not work.

crash test dummy

apples to oranges ..

Scott H.

Greg-g,

You're comparing a light duty motor to a heavy duty motor. The windings and armature in a Winch Motor are not made like the ones in a Golf Cart motor, and the variances in voltage will damage them.

Winches get their power from gearing and are made to run at a constant voltage for short periods of time. If you put too much or too little voltage into the motor on a winch, or run the winch for too long of a time without giving it a cool down period, the windings will melt because they are physically smaller than the ones on a Golf Cart motor.

-Scott H.

greg-g

Scott reread my post controllers do NOT vary voltage that's the key here.

mardig

Thank everyone for the information and input.

Scott H.

Greg-g, I saw the statement about the controller. My post was towards your saying that running a Golf Cart motor on the wrong voltage will burn the motor up like it would if you ran a winch motor on the wrong voltage.

Mardig, I'm glad you have your answer as to why it wouldn't be a good idea to run the motor on a lower voltage. The only way to slow it down is to swap the gearing unfortunately.

-Scott H.

mardig

Thank you Scott H