1999 club car 48V charger starts and clicks of after only seconds

[chrisdina]

I just purchased a 1999 club car, when I plug in the charger it clicks on reads about 8 amps then clicks off after a few seconds. Do I need a selenoid?

[shadowman]

welcome to BGW.....no you don,t need a soleniod.......can you try the charger on another cart or get another charger to try on your cart? we can eliminate wether its the charger thats a problem or a problem with the cart......................................

[scottyb]

Sounds like a bad charger control circuit board to me.

[Stevegrmich]

When the charger clicks off after initial plug in, does it restart? Normal operation for charger is to turn on, "talk" to OBC, turn off after a few seconds, then turn on again after a few seconds to begin charge cycle.

[chrisdina]

I do not have access to another cart to test the chareger, funny thing is after trying many diffrent things if I turn the key on, I put the cart in forward, and push the ecelarator down just a little the charger starts and the battery light comes on... I have 5 of the 6 batteries holding at 8V, one is only chareged to 2V, I will try to replace the bad battery and see if that helps.

[shadowman]

if the charger is coming on when you turn key on and start pressing pedal thats a sign the OBC is going on it......i have never seen one ( OBC ) when bad trip the charger but it could be that battery if its shorted so you may in fact have 2 problems...............i,m not 100% certain but its quite possible................................