G16 battery issue - cart quits

Ufutsnuget · 12-20-2009, 09:42 AM

I have a G16 cart that suddenly cuts out and dies. The lights go dead too. Then a few seconds later, everything is fine. It just started to do this the past two days. I am thinking it may be battery related. The terminals are clean and tight. Could it be the plates in the battery? BTW, this site is great for obtaining info. Thanks everyone.

bullittman · 12-20-2009, 11:21 AM

I have not torn into my cart yet but it sounds like a bad ground. From your battery follow your negative cable and check that and any other ground you can find, I would bet one of them is loose or badly corroded.

Ufutsnuget · 12-20-2009, 11:41 AM

At first I was thinking ground too, but the only thing
is my lights are connected directly to the battery, not the body
ground. So, I checked and cleaned the battery post, but still
have the issue. Seems odd when everything quits at the same time.

Ufutsnuget · 12-22-2009, 04:34 PM

Thanks bullittman. Anyone else have any ideas about this?

smallblock450sl · 12-22-2009, 05:20 PM

Can you put a voltmeter on the battery, put the cart in neutral (or jack it up) and run the car ? When it dies, what is the battery voltage reading?

DOOmsman · 12-22-2009, 05:29 PM

is my lights are connected directly to the battery, not the body
ground. So, I checked and cleaned the battery post, but still
have the issue. Seems odd when everything quits at the same time.

Both the power and the ground direct to battery?

spriddle · 12-22-2009, 06:02 PM

Sounds like a bad connection somewhere. Disconnect the lights completely from the battery (pos and neg) and see if you still have the same problem.

Ufutsnuget · 12-22-2009, 06:03 PM

Yes directly connected to the battery. The wire harness is made to be connected that and I believe the instructions also recommended that. Nothing wrong connecting lights that way.

Ufutsnuget · 12-22-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smallblock450sl

Can you put a voltmeter on the battery, put the cart in nuetral (or jack it up) and run the car ? Whwn it dies, what is the battery voltage reading?

That's a good point. I'll check it next time.

DOOmsman · 12-22-2009, 06:35 PM

I would shake the battery as well you may have been right about a broken plate connector.

All so is it a fuse in the cart or a circuit breaker that resets it self after a vibration induced short.
This is strange.

12-20-2009, 09:42 AM	#1
Ufutsnuget Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wind Gap, Pa Posts: 11	G16 battery issue - cart quits I have a G16 cart that suddenly cuts out and dies. The lights go dead too. Then a few seconds later, everything is fine. It just started to do this the past two days. I am thinking it may be battery related. The terminals are clean and tight. Could it be the plates in the battery? BTW, this site is great for obtaining info. Thanks everyone.

12-20-2009, 11:21 AM	#2
bullittman Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 15	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits I have not torn into my cart yet but it sounds like a bad ground. From your battery follow your negative cable and check that and any other ground you can find, I would bet one of them is loose or badly corroded.
bullittman Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 15

12-20-2009, 11:41 AM	#3
Ufutsnuget Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wind Gap, Pa Posts: 11	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits At first I was thinking ground too, but the only thing is my lights are connected directly to the battery, not the body ground. So, I checked and cleaned the battery post, but still have the issue. Seems odd when everything quits at the same time.

12-22-2009, 04:34 PM	#4
Ufutsnuget Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wind Gap, Pa Posts: 11	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits Thanks bullittman. Anyone else have any ideas about this?

12-22-2009, 05:20 PM	#5
smallblock450sl Sometime's............ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 11,875	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits Can you put a voltmeter on the battery, put the cart in neutral (or jack it up) and run the car ? When it dies, what is the battery voltage reading? Last edited by smallblock450sl; 12-22-2009 at 06:09 PM.. Reason: me bad spelling

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12-22-2009, 05:29 PM	#6
DOOmsman Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reddick IL Posts: 11,220	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits is my lights are connected directly to the battery, not the body ground. So, I checked and cleaned the battery post, but still have the issue. Seems odd when everything quits at the same time. Both the power and the ground direct to battery?

12-22-2009, 06:02 PM	#7
spriddle Admin Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TN Posts: 101,868	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits Sounds like a bad connection somewhere. Disconnect the lights completely from the battery (pos and neg) and see if you still have the same problem.

12-22-2009, 06:03 PM	#8
Ufutsnuget Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wind Gap, Pa Posts: 11	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits Yes directly connected to the battery. The wire harness is made to be connected that and I believe the instructions also recommended that. Nothing wrong connecting lights that way.

12-22-2009, 06:35 PM	#10
DOOmsman Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reddick IL Posts: 11,220	Re: G16 battery issue - cart quits I would shake the battery as well you may have been right about a broken plate connector. All so is it a fuse in the cart or a circuit breaker that resets it self after a vibration induced short. This is strange.

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