Help needed on a 98 club car
 

I am working on a 98 club car thats a carryall car its a 48 volt system. I put new batteries in and they read 48.9 volts. turn key on push peddle just pedel microswitch clicks. check seloniod no voltage across two small terminals when pedal is pushed. short out two big terminals on seloniod and push peddle runs good slow med. fast just cant seam to get the selonid to click it has a onboard computer wonder if thats the problem fuses in the terminals both at the computer and the peddle are good. is there any for sure way to check these computers in the club car or not

Thanks for any help Pat

Re: Help needed on a 98 club car
 

Your OBC has a lockout feature to prevent driving while charging. You can bypass it fairly easily provided it is a series car (has a forward reverse handle, not a rocker switch)

Simply create a jumper wire from the negative side of your solenoid(small yellow wire) to the b(-) post of the controller.

Re: Help needed on a 98 club car
 

Just a side note here; if you read 48.9 volts accross your 48v pack it is empty! Not good to drain em below this. Each cell makes 2.5 volts. A totally charged pack could read as hot as 60v. Yours will get stonger over the first 10 or 12 cycles. So, 8v in an 8v battery is empty. 8)

Re: Help needed on a 98 club car
 

Thanks for the replies Guys
Sure glad to have youall here
Hope I can return the favor some day
Thanks Pat

Re: Help needed on a 98 club car
 

if your jumping the solenoid and its running than replace the solenoid and be done with it..........its not the OBC if it works when jumping the solenoid..............8)