G9 kills new battery

MichaelV

Last week, my 92 G9 suddenly refused to start right in the middle of a round of golf. No lights, no horn ,starter would not turn,so I assumed dead battery as the battery I had in there was over 5 years old. I was able to jump start it and figured Id just get a new battery. Installed the new battery, started right up, took a 2 minute test drive and every thing seemed fine. Just to be sure, I put a volt meter on the battery terminals to see if it was charging. I had 12 volts with the cart not running. But then I put it in neutral, started the engine, And the voltage dropped from 12 volts to 4-6 volts! That did not seem right to me. The next day, I tried to troubleshoot. Now, the new battery is completely dead. Sounds like there is a huge drain. I did not see or smell anything like it was burnt. I suspect the starter / generator but before I start pulling that out, thought I might post this message in the hopes that someone might enlighten me on what this could be.


Thanks

BGW

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devon

check the A1, A2 on the back as well as look and see if the little wire on the side is all hook up right. loose connections even a bad ground could do it....worse case is the A1 and A2 are wrong or the little wire is toasted not letting the motor to know to charge.