Charging question

macadoe

Just bought a 36v G8 that has not run for the past 2 years. Previous owner tried to figure it out and butchered the ignition wiring. I followed the schematic and got all the wiring done. Turns out solenoid was bad and now the cart runs. Problem is charging the 2006 batteries that came with it. I'm using a lestronic 2 36v charger. All 6 batteries about an hour into charging were seeping from the caps. I shut the charger off a checked the fluid levels and all are high. I continued to charge the batteries for another 5 hours and then decided to check the voltage. I was at 42v with charger on and 39.2 with it off. Every battery tested over 6.3 volts. When does the charger shut off? The batteries sat for 2 years, 2 were completely dead. I used a manual 12v charger on each pair for and hr each pair. Then used the lestronic after that and it started charging. After 6 hrs of total charge time on the lestronic all 6 batteries were seeping and 2 appeared to have a bulge on short side walls. Now that I know the cart runs I plan on getting new batteries but also planned on using this charger. Any reason why after only 6 hrs of charging after 2 years of sitting it was over 39 volts and charger was not shutting off?

BGW

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COURTESYCART

sounds to me you have some bad batteries and the charger wont cut off due to the capacity is not to spec.

load test the batts and see what they load too. you wont get 100% reading, but you can tell if you have weak/bad batts. I have seen good batts charge to 6.3V and load test drops V down to 1.0v

plus they are 6+ yrs old now. you need new ones.

macadoe

I hooked up the multimeter and in about 10 minutes it dropped to around 23 volts while driving it. I didnt think to test it right away but it was losing alot of volts while pressing the pedal. I figured the batteries were bad. Just hoping the charger is ok for when I hook up new batteries. Im just glad I got it to run. It was rough when I got it. Thanks