What can the battery handle?

pocket aces

Do any of you run an extra battery for your accesorries? Can the stock system handle Headlights, Taillights, Stereo, Aux port & LED Accent lights.

BGW

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wilster734

Yep got a 12v in the bagwell run to a fuse block and have the lights and radio running on it. The thing i discovered running from my main batteries was that the two i run the reducer on seem to always lose a cell faster than the others, thus ruining the battery. This was only my first set of batteries that i ran the reducer on, but some may have better luck. I just figured it is an electric cart that runs off 48v worth of batteries and should only run the cart and no accessories. Just my 2cents. Cheaper to replace 1 12v battery than to wait a year or so and have to start mixing and matching drive batteries to keep the pack happy. WHOOPS Well jumped the gun again, i see you are talking gas cart. The system you have should be fine to handle the accessories.

Dave in VA

You should be fine with lights, horn, radio etc. Not sure about a high power amp, though.

technoid

G16 generator puts out 15amps max. Add up your accessory currents. I would not go over 10 amps to stay in a range for the battery to recover faster from a low rpm period.

craig tn

It also will depend on how you drive the cart , slow speed and long stops it may not keep up.

sho305

I run 55w lights as do others, you can tell it does not charge much at low rpm. We've never had a problem even with marker lights as well. People that run sub boxes always put a second battery in, but subs take the most power. I would recommend you try to use LED accent lighting, class D amps and efficient speaker setups....that helps. What you can do is hook a relay to the power wire from pedal switch, and connect the batteries together with it so it only charges when running, then run your amp off the second battery, its a cheap isolator.

If you have stock secondary you can wind the spring harder to raise low throttle rpm, it will take a little more gas, will rev higher all the time you are moving and charge better at low speeds.

pocket aces

Is anyone running a amp meter on their gas cart?

SwampFox

You would do better with a voltmeter. It will tell you the state of charge and condition of the battery and electrical system.

technoid

I would use both. The voltmeter does not tell you current output.

sho305

Volt meter will tell you when it charges the voltage goes above 12.5v, under 12v is discharge, roughly.