Charger Receptacle

[suttonsigep]

I have an 89 EZGO Marathon (36v). I’ll likely be replacing the charger that came with it in the near future. The current charger uses a crowfoot connector to plug in the cart. When I buy a new charger, do I need to stick with the same plug type or can I just get any charger and replace the receptacle in the cart to match? Are there any limitations in doing this? What is the best type to have?

[handtools]

Just buy a charger with the crow foot plug or switch the cord from your old charger to the new one.

[cgtech]

Crow foot was the most reliable style ever made. I think it was replaced for 3 basic reasons.
1- it requires a little effort to fully plug in, old folks dont like that.
2- it has been used for 36v & 48v applications, dummys could do voltage wrong with wrong charger.
3- it's just too dang good, cant make any money on something that basically never fails.

[Mooncarter]

Originally Posted by cgtech

Crow foot was the most reliable style ever made. I think it was replaced for 3 basic reasons.
1- it requires a little effort to fully plug in, old folks dont like that.
2- it has been used for 36v & 48v applications, dummys could do voltage wrong with wrong charger.
3- it's just too dang good, cant make any money on something that basically never fails.

This is so true. And those dang Andersen connectors always failing.