Club Car 2002 48 Volt Battery Confusion

[Sphinx]

Hello,

I have a 2002 Club car 48 Volt. The other day after charging it simply would not start, all I got was a click from the solenoid and a flash of the battery light. This morning after a full charge we checked each of the batteries.

The sixth battery when disconnected shows a voltage of 8.4 volts, when connected to the buggy loom drops to 4 volts. All the other batteries look good at around 8.4 volts.

If we remove the sixth battery the buggy operates fine (!). I of course will get a new battery, but in the meantime can i :-

- Charge the buggy with only 5 batteries on

- Operate the buggy but for shorter periods - how long will it last ?

Any advice greatly appreciated!!

//SphiNX

[shadowman]

no and no, you need to hook battery up and charge, and no don,t drive it with one out.........your asking for a breakdown..................and because that battery is dropping when hooked up dosn,t mean its a bad battery.......load test it see what it does but regardless there is another reason its dropping like that if your just hooking the cables up..........................

[erict]

Originally Posted by Sphinx

Hello,

I have a 2002 Club car 48 Volt. The other day after charging it simply would not start, all I got was a click from the solenoid and a flash of the battery light. This morning after a full charge we checked each of the batteries.

The sixth battery when disconnected shows a voltage of 8.4 volts, when connected to the buggy loom drops to 4 volts. All the other batteries look good at around 8.4 volts.

If we remove the sixth battery the buggy operates fine (!). I of course will get a new battery, but in the meantime can i :-

- Charge the buggy with only 5 batteries on

- Operate the buggy but for shorter periods - how long will it last ?

Any advice greatly appreciated!!

//SphiNX

No that sounds strange. The battery should read the same by itself or when connected to the pack..