3 position key switch installation help

rxp-rider · 08-20-2011, 10:55 AM

My cart has the factory 3 position switch and it has 4 terminals. My new one is a 3 position harley switch(off ebay)only has 3 wires. Question is how to wire this in also with a datel meter. Has anyone done this? Any help? maybe pics ?

Spawn · 08-20-2011, 11:08 AM

A 3 pole switch isn't going to work unless you run the pack voltage from it to a Voltage inverter that drops down to 12 volts.

The reason the old switch has 4 poles is because it is 2 switches isolated from each other. They are separate.

rabbitreborn · 08-20-2011, 12:13 PM

Are you running 36 or 48 volts?

you can use the 3 position switch, you just have to run the 3rd wire to a relay (36 or 48 volts based on your pack voltage) I know you already have a groud from the pack in the dash from the SOC meter you have so tap off that for the ground for the relay.

rxp-rider · 08-20-2011, 12:29 PM

Thanks Rabbit, do you know what relay I would need and where I could get one.I am on 36v right now.

scottyb · 08-20-2011, 12:53 PM

This might help

rabbitreborn · 08-20-2011, 01:01 PM

yeah, it's the same relay that Club Car uses in it's 36 volt chargers.

I use the potter and Brumfield model T9AP1D52-36-01 and it looks like this:

http://www.nivelparts.com/pages/prod...61&c=009003&n=

Don't let the price on that site fool you, I sell mine for $10 each..... And Digikey has them for even less......

Edit: Scotty, he is going to use a 3 wire setup

rxp-rider · 08-20-2011, 02:54 PM

Thanks again guys. I'll have to order one of those.Will this work?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Golf-Cart-Re...item3368bad747

rabbitreborn · 08-20-2011, 08:44 PM

That's exactly what you need..... Decent price since shipping is included.

rxp-rider · 08-21-2011, 04:41 AM

Thanks again Rabbit.

Just ordered one. By the way, what does the relay do? Do you have a diagram of how to install it? Sorry for all the stupid questions but I am really nervous around electric, I don't want to fry anything or myself.

madoc1 · 08-21-2011, 08:42 AM

rxp, why not just run 2 wires so it will be on all the time? mine is wired that way because that tiny led set up uses almost no power. plus is looks cool when you walk by it at night.

08-20-2011, 10:55 AM	#1
rxp-rider Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CLEARWATER,FL. Posts: 555	3 position key switch installation help My cart has the factory 3 position switch and it has 4 terminals. My new one is a 3 position harley switch(off ebay)only has 3 wires. Question is how to wire this in also with a datel meter. Has anyone done this? Any help? maybe pics ?

08-20-2011, 11:08 AM	#2
Spawn Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jax FL Posts: 598	Re: 3 position key switch installation help A 3 pole switch isn't going to work unless you run the pack voltage from it to a Voltage inverter that drops down to 12 volts. The reason the old switch has 4 poles is because it is 2 switches isolated from each other. They are separate.

08-20-2011, 12:13 PM	#3
rabbitreborn Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,757	Re: 3 position key switch installation help Are you running 36 or 48 volts? you can use the 3 position switch, you just have to run the 3rd wire to a relay (36 or 48 volts based on your pack voltage) I know you already have a groud from the pack in the dash from the SOC meter you have so tap off that for the ground for the relay.

08-20-2011, 12:29 PM	#4
rxp-rider Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CLEARWATER,FL. Posts: 555	Re: 3 position key switch installation help Thanks Rabbit, do you know what relay I would need and where I could get one.I am on 36v right now.

08-20-2011, 01:01 PM	#6
rabbitreborn Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,757	Re: 3 position key switch installation help yeah, it's the same relay that Club Car uses in it's 36 volt chargers. I use the potter and Brumfield model T9AP1D52-36-01 and it looks like this: http://www.nivelparts.com/pages/prod...61&c=009003&n= Don't let the price on that site fool you, I sell mine for $10 each..... And Digikey has them for even less...... Edit: Scotty, he is going to use a 3 wire setup

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08-20-2011, 02:54 PM	#7
rxp-rider Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CLEARWATER,FL. Posts: 555	Re: 3 position key switch installation help Thanks again guys. I'll have to order one of those.Will this work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Golf-Cart-Re...item3368bad747

08-20-2011, 08:44 PM	#8
rabbitreborn Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,757	Re: 3 position key switch installation help That's exactly what you need..... Decent price since shipping is included.

08-21-2011, 04:41 AM	#9
rxp-rider Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CLEARWATER,FL. Posts: 555	Re: 3 position key switch installation help Thanks again Rabbit. Just ordered one. By the way, what does the relay do? Do you have a diagram of how to install it? Sorry for all the stupid questions but I am really nervous around electric, I don't want to fry anything or myself.

08-21-2011, 08:42 AM	#10
madoc1 no clue Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: spicewood, texas Posts: 3,308	Re: 3 position key switch installation help rxp, why not just run 2 wires so it will be on all the time? mine is wired that way because that tiny led set up uses almost no power. plus is looks cool when you walk by it at night.

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