EZ GO Electric that won't charge or move

ggreen · 04-08-2008, 08:11 PM

Thanks so much... it's off to Sam's Club in the AM... will keep everyone up to date
Thanks again for all of your help... let's hope this works

pggroves · 04-08-2008, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemked

I picked up a 36v 95 ezgo metalist, and the thing wouldnt move either. That was back in Dec of 07'. The charger wouldnt kick on either. I toped off the batteries with tap water. Bypassed the activation relay for the charger to kick on when pluged into the wall. Let it charge the batteries for about 6hours with close eye on them. To watch for swelling. It would stink but it went away. After the 6 hours i took the bypass out of the charger and plug it in. The charger kicked on and then i let it charge until it kicked off. Then topped the batteries off the next day.

Everything has been good so far!

Just a note FWIW. It is generally accepted best practice to use distilled water only in batteries.

MotoRider420 · 04-08-2008, 10:23 PM

No-one has distilled water, when we re-energize our batteries for cars and ATVs and stuff, tap water works fine as long as you live in an area that has properly treated water...

Also, if the battery is bulging, it will go BOOM, mine did, it hurt... BAD!!!

gornoman · 04-08-2008, 10:32 PM

There is no such thing as tap water that is safe for batteries. Distilled water can be purchased at any grocery store.

MotoRider420 · 04-08-2008, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gornoman

There is no such thing as tap water that is safe for batteries. Distilled water can be purchased at any grocery store.

I never said it was safe, just that its never affected all the batteries we have filled...

pggroves · 04-09-2008, 01:42 PM

Using tap water is affecting your batteries. But instead of a chemistry lesson lets just leave it at that.

04-08-2008, 08:11 PM	#11
ggreen Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6	Re: EZ GO Electric that won't charge or move Thanks so much... it's off to Sam's Club in the AM... will keep everyone up to date Thanks again for all of your help... let's hope this works
ggreen Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6

04-08-2008, 10:23 PM	#13
MotoRider420 Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 155	Re: EZ GO Electric that won't charge or move No-one has distilled water, when we re-energize our batteries for cars and ATVs and stuff, tap water works fine as long as you live in an area that has properly treated water... Also, if the battery is bulging, it will go BOOM, mine did, it hurt... BAD!!!
MotoRider420 Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 155

04-08-2008, 10:32 PM	#14
gornoman Two Cheeks Sliding Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Suburban Chicago Posts: 2,308	Re: EZ GO Electric that won't charge or move There is no such thing as tap water that is safe for batteries. Distilled water can be purchased at any grocery store.

04-09-2008, 01:42 PM	#16
pggroves steeplejack x Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 940	Re: EZ GO Electric that won't charge or move Using tap water is affecting your batteries. But instead of a chemistry lesson lets just leave it at that.

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