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12-19-2018, 09:49 AM | #21 |
Happy Carting
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
Meters can fail. If the battery in the meter is new and it still fails to read DCV correctly replace it. Good short how to use a multimeter on my website here > http://www.cartsunlimited.net/troubleshooting-tips.html
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01-04-2019, 11:25 AM | #22 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Houston, TX
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
Well with a little time off from the holidays, I was able to make a little progress on getting 2 of the carts cleaned up. The first cart had the battery tray completely rusted through and batteries had fallen down during delivery to me.
I still had 3 good lips for batteries to sit on (front and sides), but the center cross support, and rear cross support were both gone. I was able to take an angle grinder to the whole thing and clean all the rust off, and got down to fresh bare metal. Bought a piece of angle iron and cut it into three 22" lengths, riveted those down, and then gave everything a good coating of rustoleum paint. The second cart, the battery tray was in much better condition, still rusty, but mainly superficial. I cleaned that all up as well, and repainted, and really gave the whole cart a good cleaning and detail. I bought a little 5amp charger and was actually able to pull together 6 of the trojans that came with the carts and get a little bit of charge into them. Enough to at least go for a little drive, up and down the street a few times, and around the block once. However after about 10 minutes of drivetime, things started slowing down a lot. Several days of charging and the charger never got to sense a full charge, and even then, they just don't last. So it was worth a shot to try and save the batteries, but gonna pick up some duracells from Sam's today. Ordered some new 4g cables to put on as well. Here are a few pictures all cleaned up. |
01-04-2019, 01:11 PM | #23 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: New Albany, Indiana
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
If you get new batteries, you'd better get a real charger. 5 amps will starve your new batts. They'll need lots more amps during all the correct stages of charging.
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01-04-2019, 02:29 PM | #24 | |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 136
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
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The 5 amp wont hurt new batteries, just will be a lot slower right? If so, that really isn't of my concern. I'll get a big charger for myself once I get to my cart |
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01-04-2019, 05:08 PM | #25 |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: FT Lauderdale FL.
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
A 5 amp charger will never bring a set of cart batteries to a full charge
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01-04-2019, 05:26 PM | #26 | |
Gone Mad
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Buford, GA
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
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01-04-2019, 05:32 PM | #27 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Dundee quebec
Posts: 3,190
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
Hey, maybe with a decent charger on those Trojans, they might have more life in them than you think! Would save buying batts for at least one of your flip carts.
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01-05-2019, 10:48 AM | #28 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Independence, LA
Posts: 216
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
I would think a new charger would help with selling points. Someone looking for a cart to use around the neighborhood might be more inclined to pay a little more for a cart that comes with a new charger (meant for the cart) rather than buying a cart plus buying a charger on top of that
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01-05-2019, 11:00 AM | #29 |
Gone Mad
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Buford, GA
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
Doesn't have to be new. A used one with a used buggy should be fine.
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01-05-2019, 11:17 AM | #30 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Independence, LA
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Re: How to get a free cart (eventually) (long)
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