Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum - View Single Post - Cable between f&r switch and controller getting hot?

DaveTM · 08-10-2015, 02:10 PM

Yeah....as ScottyB has stated your F\R brass connectors are likely the culprit. If you pull your F\R switch apart you will likely find the brass "lugs" on that wire are burnt to either brown or even black. Or.....worse yet the board where they bolt thru could possibly be beginning to melt. In any case the best thing to do is replace the switch with a heavy duty F\R switch.

Unless....like me....you run your cart up and down steep hills, across creeks, over logs, and do fun stuff like that....then maybe consider a Reversing Contactor to replace the F\R switch. But if you don't abuse your cart like that....the HD switch should do ya fine.

08-10-2015, 02:10 PM	#6
DaveTM Gone Wild Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Southwestern Pa. Posts: 6,215	Re: Cable between f&r switch and controller getting hot? Yeah....as ScottyB has stated your F\R brass connectors are likely the culprit. If you pull your F\R switch apart you will likely find the brass "lugs" on that wire are burnt to either brown or even black. Or.....worse yet the board where they bolt thru could possibly be beginning to melt. In any case the best thing to do is replace the switch with a heavy duty F\R switch. Unless....like me....you run your cart up and down steep hills, across creeks, over logs, and do fun stuff like that....then maybe consider a Reversing Contactor to replace the F\R switch. But if you don't abuse your cart like that....the HD switch should do ya fine.