no solenoid click

zvanlemmeren · 10-04-2020, 07:54 AM

I'm in the middle of installing a complete upgrade package from ScottyB. I have everything wired up but my solenoid is not clicking. I checked the batteries and I'm getting 38V when I check between the batteries. When I check the battery side large terminal on the solenoid I get 38V and then 36V on the controller side large terminal. I saw some about a testing solenoid activation circuit in another post but can't find how to test this activation circuit. Is there a post that shows this anywhere?

kgsc · 10-04-2020, 07:57 AM

Need more information. PDS or series cart?

zvanlemmeren · 10-04-2020, 08:06 AM

early 2000's TXT series.

kgsc · 10-04-2020, 08:10 AM

Try this to find your issue

zvanlemmeren · 10-04-2020, 08:15 AM

thanks. i'll try it out and report back

kgsc · 10-04-2020, 08:17 AM

Are you seeing any lights on the controller?

zvanlemmeren · 10-04-2020, 08:20 AM

no, I'm not seeing anything on the controller.

kgsc · 10-04-2020, 08:28 AM

Well follow the diagram and see where you are losing power

zvanlemmeren · 10-04-2020, 01:21 PM

Reed switch - already gone so I connected the key switch directly to the batter main POS
Key switch - working fine. reading 38V on both terminals
Pedal switch - Green wire going in is reading 38V but red wire coming out is reading zero when the pedal is pressed down. I'm going to order a replacement switch.

In the meantime can I bypass this switch to ensure everything else works and install it in a few days?

kgsc · 10-04-2020, 02:05 PM

If it was working before you started I am thinking that you might have the small diode on the small posts of the solenoid backwards.. Stripe should be on the red small wire. This being backwards usually takes out the foot pedal switch

10-04-2020, 07:54 AM	#1
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17	no solenoid click I'm in the middle of installing a complete upgrade package from ScottyB. I have everything wired up but my solenoid is not clicking. I checked the batteries and I'm getting 38V when I check between the batteries. When I check the battery side large terminal on the solenoid I get 38V and then 36V on the controller side large terminal. I saw some about a testing solenoid activation circuit in another post but can't find how to test this activation circuit. Is there a post that shows this anywhere?
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17

10-04-2020, 07:57 AM	#2
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,187	Re: no solenoid click Need more information. PDS or series cart?

10-04-2020, 08:06 AM	#3
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17	Re: no solenoid click early 2000's TXT series.
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17

10-04-2020, 08:15 AM	#5
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17	Re: no solenoid click thanks. i'll try it out and report back
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17

10-04-2020, 08:17 AM	#6
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,187	Re: no solenoid click Are you seeing any lights on the controller?

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10-04-2020, 08:20 AM	#7
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17	Re: no solenoid click no, I'm not seeing anything on the controller.
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17

10-04-2020, 08:28 AM	#8
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,187	Re: no solenoid click Well follow the diagram and see where you are losing power

10-04-2020, 01:21 PM	#9
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17	Re: no solenoid click Reed switch - already gone so I connected the key switch directly to the batter main POS Key switch - working fine. reading 38V on both terminals Pedal switch - Green wire going in is reading 38V but red wire coming out is reading zero when the pedal is pressed down. I'm going to order a replacement switch. In the meantime can I bypass this switch to ensure everything else works and install it in a few days?
zvanlemmeren Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 17

10-04-2020, 02:05 PM	#10
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,187	Re: no solenoid click If it was working before you started I am thinking that you might have the small diode on the small posts of the solenoid backwards.. Stripe should be on the red small wire. This being backwards usually takes out the foot pedal switch

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