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Old 05-30-2011, 03:50 PM   #1
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I have a 2000 gas club car. It has a rear seat. I had 4 adults( not big people) on it this weekend. I went about 1/4 mile and the positive and negative cable coating burnt off. Not sure if the voltage regulator is bad. Any info? Thanks,Tim
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Old 05-31-2011, 08:27 AM   #2
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Default Re: Cables burnt on gas cart.

are you sure it wasn,t the weight from the people sitting on the rear of the cart....... ihave never seen a bad regulator burn cables or wires in any way.................................
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Old 05-31-2011, 10:52 AM   #3
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Default Re: Cables burnt on gas cart.

I've never known a gas cart to move that kind of amps/heat around the system unless there was a severly corroded cable or direct short.
Weight or load should have no bearing on that part of the electrical system unless the suspension compressed low enough to ground a pos cable somewhere.
Replace both of your cables, check your poss and neg connections.
Take a voltage reading from the battery while not running, then in neutral take another reading at battery while running 1/2 throttle.
what are the two readings?
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Old 05-31-2011, 01:23 PM   #4
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i thought maybe they touched somewhere but after thinking about it i don,t know, you would think if it were a short or loose cable cart wouldn,t even work and i just assumed all was working................................
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Old 05-31-2011, 04:19 PM   #5
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I agree Tom, on a gas cart, the amps just arent there for any length of time like an electric cart.
I'm thinking corrosion, then resistance, then heat build up.
This is going to be interesting.......
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Old 06-03-2011, 10:59 PM   #6
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Found the problem. Stock leaf springs compressed down and grounded out the starter/gen. on the frame. I switched to 3 leaf springs. This should work. Thanks for help.
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Old 06-04-2011, 12:51 AM   #7
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Found the problem. Stock leaf springs compressed down and grounded out the starter/gen. on the frame. I switched to 3 leaf springs. This should work. Thanks for help.
Thanks for the update tt. It helps to know and learn solutions for other members.

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Old 06-04-2011, 05:34 AM   #8
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Thanks for taking the time to post your findings.
Glad you got it worked out TTshock!
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