Club car charging problems.

[meimk]

Hook up your charger normally, then you can "trick" it into coming on by jumping one of the batteries with jumper cables off of a 12 volt (automotive) battery - with everything still connected. As soon as your charger kicks on you can remove the jumper cables. My experience is that once the charger starts it will continue to run it's cycle.

[Biohazardshrimp]

So I jump the whole battery bank or just one battery?

[Sergio]

Here is my recommendation since you also have to reset the OBC.

Disconnect the pack negative.

Set your 12v automobile charger to the 2 amp setting (do not plug into AC).

Place the leads of the 12v charger on each battery.

Use alligator clips or equivalent to hold your voltmeter probes on the battery posts of the battery being charged.

Plug the 12v charger to AC outlet and allow the charger to stay ON until the voltage reads 10v.

Disconnect the AC plug first, then the leads from the battery.

Repeat the procedure above for each battery.

Connect the pack negative cable and use the 48v charger as usual to charge the cart.

[Biohazardshrimp]

Originally Posted by Sergio

Here is my recommendation since you also have to reset the OBC.

Disconnect the pack negative.

Set your 12v automobile charger to the 2 amp setting (do not plug into AC).

Place the leads of the 12v charger on each battery.

Use alligator clips or equivalent to hold your voltmeter probes on the battery posts of the battery being charged.

Plug the 12v charger to AC outlet and allow the charger to stay ON until the voltage reads 10v.

Disconnect the AC plug first, then the leads from the battery.

Repeat the procedure above for each battery.

Connect the pack negative cable and use the 48v charger as usual to charge the cart.

My problem is both chargers I have are smart enough to know that my batteries are not 12 volt. So one of them switches to 6v and says charge is full and the other one just wont charge because it thinks what I am doing is dangerous. Last night I put the charger on each battery and each time it would only charge each battery to 6 volts.

[Sergio]

If You cannot borrow a plain automobile charger and your pack voltage is too low to trigger the 48v charger, the only option is to jump the charger relay and force it to charge.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/attac...ger_jumper.jpg

You will still need to do an OBC reset after forcing the charge using the jumper method above.

[Biohazardshrimp]

Originally Posted by Sergio

If You cannot borrow a plain automobile charger and your pack voltage is too low to trigger the 48v charger, the only option is to jump the charger relay and force it to charge.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/attac...ger_jumper.jpg

You will still need to do an OBC reset after forcing the charge using the jumper method above.

Ok thanks I will try all these this weekend. I know from now on its staying plugged in.

[Sergio]

I forgot you have a Powerdrive3 charger, the picture I posted is for an older model.

Use this diagram for reference on what wires to jump and their physical location on the relay board.

[Biohazardshrimp]

Originally Posted by Sergio

I forgot you have a Powerdrive3 charger, the picture I posted is for an older model.

Use this diagram for reference on what wires to jump and their physical location on the relay board.

That makes much more sense. Thank you

[Biohazardshrimp]

All fixed! I borrowed a regular charger and topped off each battery to about 8v. She's charging on the proper cart charger now. Thanks for all the help!

[teecro]

Originally Posted by Biohazardshrimp

All fixed! I borrowed a regular charger and topped off each battery to about 8v. She's charging on the proper cart charger now. Thanks for all the help!

Great.... Now be sure to keep a closer eye on your batteries and learn to follow one simple rule if your not riding it charge it. This will help extend their life as a discharged or discharging battery is a dieing battery...