99 elec club car not wanting to go - slow to nothing

[Fishing Dude]

Sounds like bad battery for sure. Had this trouble last summer waited till this year for new batts. How old are the batteries?

[stevesmitty79]

I appreciate everyone's feedback thus far. I'm going to be busy today to attend to your suggestions, but I'm all over it the next few days.

Thanks and I'll update asap.

[shadowman]

just wanted to eliminate the OBC if possible, just one thing to get out of the way..............

[stevesmitty79]

Ok, a few days late, but this is what I got for scottyb's suggestion:

The cart has not been ridden since it won't go anywhere.

The no-load bank reading is 49.7 down from 51.7 several days ago. Pedal to the metal is 49.4.

The batts all read either 8.2 or 8.3 with a .1 drop under load.

The batts are 2003 but I can't find anything wrong with them. Then again, this whole process is a mystery to me.

Any thoughts?

[stevesmitty79]

wilsontc81, you said to jump the yellow off the solenoid to the main negative battery post. I see the yellow as it connects to the controller. I see the neg off the bank as it connects on the next terminal on the controller. How should I jump those? Pull them off each terminal and jump them or just jump from terminal to terminal? Also, what is the test? Is it just loading on the pedal? Thanks.

[shadowman]

i think what he means is get a jumper wire and go from the small post on soleniod where yellow wire is bolted over to the neg. terminal of #6 battery..............................

[wilsontc81]

Originally Posted by shadowman

i think what he means is get a jumper wire and go from the small post on soleniod where yellow wire is bolted over to the neg. terminal of #6 battery..............................

Exactly, may not be tha problem, but it will eliminate the obc messing up.

[shadowman]

Originally Posted by wilsontc81

Exactly, may not be tha problem, but it will eliminate the obc messing up.

yes it will unless the cart runs than its the OBC..........................

[stevesmitty79]

I don't know if I did this right. I didn't unhook anything. I simply took one side of a pair of jumper cables, connected one to the solenoid with the large yellow cable and the other to the last negative terminal of the battery bank and it sparked/shorted. The key was off. I then took my tester and make the same connection and got full bank power, which has by now dropped from 51 a week ago to 48. Did I do it right?

[shadowman]

it should have been the small post with the 18 gage yellow wire??......................