Voltmeter issue

[begeorge81]

This is my first post and I hope I did this correctly. I recently bought a LED voltmeter for my 98 48volt club car. Installed it using the positive and negative from the first and last battery. Then another wire from the switch. Works great until I go to charge and then it stays where it shows it was last used at. Will work again once I take the terminal off the battery for a few minutes to "reset" I am guessing. Any help would be great. Thanks. God Bless

[jjance]

Wire the positive from the meter to the key switch with the other wire. That way it will be reset every time you turn the key off. Electrically they are the same point.

[Sergio]

Originally Posted by jjance

Wire the positive from the meter to the key switch with the other wire. That way it will be reset every time you turn the key off. Electrically they are the same point.

So every time you turn the key OFF the meter resets to full? Not good.

What model meter do you have? The SOC bargraph meters normally reset to full when they sense charging voltage levels for several minutes.

[jjance]

Will work again once I take the terminal off the battery for a few minutes to "reset"

From his statement I'm guessing it doesn't reset to full charge but to the actual SOC.