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05-08-2020, 06:02 PM | #1 |
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Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
So did I muck something up or did I get a bad converter? My converter worked for 4-5 days and now doesn't work.
I installed a 10L0L 30 amp Golf Cart Voltage Reducer Voltage Converter last Saturday. I hooked it up to the carts on/off switch, to a fuse box with an integrated negative bus bar, then to some 3-pole LED switches and then to (a) LED headlight/taillights (which had been previously installed by the dealer) and (b) LEDGlow underbody lights (which I installed last weekend as well). I ran separate + and Ground wires for each circuit to the switches and on to the lights. Everything worked great for 4-5 days and then yesterday evening I turned on the cart and went to flip the switches and nothing. No LED light on the switch, no headlights, no underbody glow. I wasn't using any of the lights when I driven the cart the time before so I don't know if the converter went bad during a drive or when I turned the cart on. I checked the converter and it's getting 51V from the battery back. It's getting 51V from the green on/off control wire (when the cart is turned on) but only nothing comes out (250mv on my multimeter). None of the fuses are blown (the 15A on the yellow wire from the + battery back) & none of the fuses in the fuse box going to the switches. I ordered a new converter but before I install it I want to know if I somehow ruined it or if I just got a bad one. |
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05-09-2020, 08:00 AM | #2 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the install that would have caused a delayed failure and would do the same thing to a replacement? I can't think of anything but I don't have high electric acumen.
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05-09-2020, 08:26 AM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
It's hard to say, but if it worked for almost a week and then died I would lean towards a defective unit.
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05-09-2020, 11:46 AM | #4 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
I'm curious about which reducer that was.
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05-09-2020, 07:31 PM | #5 |
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
We see many reducers that are installed and are teeny tiny and really can't handle more than one accessory load. They're no named. We sell 30A versions from MadJax or GTW.
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05-10-2020, 10:04 AM | #6 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
My reduced was the blue 30amp version that seems to be fairly common. I'll find out more today when my new one comes.
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05-10-2020, 11:07 AM | #7 |
Gone Insane
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Re: Did I muck something up or did I get a bad 12V reducer converter
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