Newby with Club Car DS model - battery charging questions

[shadowman]

what year and is it a 36 or 48 volt cart? if its a 48 volt cart there should be only 1 cable on the neg. post of #6 battery.......it runs thur the OBC and bolts to controller......make sure the 10 gage red wire is wired to pos side of #1 battery thats the rear battery on pass. side of cart........if its not wired there thats your problem if its right than the cables are mis-wired so go over everything again.............if its a 36 volt cart than your charge wires are connected to 2 front batteries along with several other wires so we need voltage of cart......................................

[gordon]

I do not see any wires coming from the charging receptacle that are not connected to anything. I'm going to see if I can find another Club Car in the area that is similar to mine to look at.

Thanks for the help, I'll report my findings.

Gordon

[gordon]

Originally Posted by shadowman

what year and is it a 36 or 48 volt cart? if its a 48 volt cart there should be only 1 cable on the neg. post of #6 battery.......it runs thur the OBC and bolts to controller......make sure the 10 gage red wire is wired to pos side of #1 battery thats the rear battery on pass. side of cart........if its not wired there thats your problem if its right than the cables are mis-wired so go over everything again.............if its a 36 volt cart than your charge wires are connected to 2 front batteries along with several other wires so we need voltage of cart......................................

Aha, my cart is a 48 volt cart and the new batteries are 6 volt. Come to think of it the battery distributor never asked when I was trying to locate new batteries. I'll call them tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

Gordon

[shadowman]

like i said if its a 48 volt cart you,ll only have one 10 gage red wire from the charge receptical there is no wire for the negitive side, if its a 36 volt cart there are wires that 1 runs to keyswitch, 1 to F&R switch.......they don,t just come out of the receptical and run to batteries, the 36 volt cart depending on the year the wires run different................................

[shadowman]

ok than thats your problem.....i see that alot where they sell someone 6 volt batteries for a 48 volt cart.........take them back and get the right ones.............................................. .

[rusty]

Welcome to the forum gordon...................

[brockett1973]

Gordon, what year is your cart, I have a 94 Club Car DS with V Glide. I am looking for the complete wiring diagram for my cart, and suggestions.

[gordon]

As it turned out, the battery distributor delivered the wrong batteries. They replaced the 36 volt batteries with 48 volt batteries and now we are working again. The cart seems a little slow right now on inclines but the batteries are still charging...

While I'm at it, is there a way to test my charger to make sure it is operating properly?

And now that I have discovered this forum, you have me thinking about tinkering for more speed.

Gordon
Thanks again for all the help.

[gordon]

Originally Posted by brockett1973

Gordon, what year is your cart, I have a 94 Club Car DS with V Glide. I am looking for the complete wiring diagram for my cart, and suggestions.

I believe my cart is a 2000 model, the serial number begins with 00. I found the wiring diagrams provided on this forum as sticky threads were very helpful.

Now I ex[ect my cart to follow the path of my cars... faster!

[brockett1973]

I went to a website, cant remember the exact one, but if you typed in your serial number, they gave you the exact build of your cart. Does yours have the v Glide or an electronic controller? I have comopletely re wired my cart, now I am getting the front and rear cowls painted. Should look good once I put the lift kit and the new wheels on it. Cant decide on which lift kit to get?