Radio cutting out going down hills

joedeman19 · 10-04-2018, 05:05 PM

Hi all, I hav3 a 2014 club car precedent with light kit, lifted, alltrax500 xct and when i go down hills only the radio powers off and then when I level out it comes back on. The lights don’t dim and everything else is fine. Any ideas on what to check? . Btw it did the same behavior with a different speed controller. Thx

peteywhit · 10-04-2018, 05:16 PM

Sounds like a connection to the radio or something internal of the radio.

First, I would put a voltmeter on the incoming power wire to the radio and monitor while going down hill.

If the voltage doesn’t drop, then it’s most certainly something inside the radio.

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WalterM6 · 10-04-2018, 05:39 PM

Going down hills makes me think that the regen voltage is going to high and maybe a safety circuit shutting it off. Try turning the regen armature amps down to zero and see what happens. Hey it might not fix it but it's worth a try. But then again it might.

joedeman19 · 10-04-2018, 05:45 PM

I’ll give both things a shot

peteywhit · 10-04-2018, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by WalterM6

Going down hills makes me think that the regen voltage is going to high and maybe a safety circuit shutting it off. Try turning the regen armature amps down to zero and see what happens. Hey it might not fix it but it's worth a try. But then again it might.

Walter I don’t know anything about the regen carts. Is the ignition switch wires coming from the controller and then to something else?

OP, is your radio wired to your key switch?

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joedeman19 · 10-04-2018, 08:41 PM

No, radio is not wired to key switch

Sergio · 10-04-2018, 08:53 PM

Are You accelerating or coasting when this happens?

Have You tried to just stop on the hill to see if the problem is a loose connection triggered by the cart angle?

joedeman19 · 10-04-2018, 09:32 PM

Accelerating, I have a steep driveway and radio plays while on steep driveway

Sergio · 10-04-2018, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by joedeman19

Accelerating, I have a steep driveway and radio plays while on steep driveway

I guess you mean Radio as in You are listening to FM?

That could be related to Controller PWM frequency harmonics interfering with the tuner.

Does it also happen if You use a USB stick on AUX input?

joedeman19 · 10-04-2018, 10:13 PM

No, Bluetooth only

10-04-2018, 05:05 PM	#1
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10	Radio cutting out going down hills Hi all, I hav3 a 2014 club car precedent with light kit, lifted, alltrax500 xct and when i go down hills only the radio powers off and then when I level out it comes back on. The lights don’t dim and everything else is fine. Any ideas on what to check? . Btw it did the same behavior with a different speed controller. Thx
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10

10-04-2018, 05:16 PM	#2
peteywhit Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 16	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills Sounds like a connection to the radio or something internal of the radio. First, I would put a voltmeter on the incoming power wire to the radio and monitor while going down hill. If the voltage doesn’t drop, then it’s most certainly something inside the radio. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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10-04-2018, 05:39 PM	#3
WalterM6 Gone Wild Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: SE TN Posts: 2,226	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills Going down hills makes me think that the regen voltage is going to high and maybe a safety circuit shutting it off. Try turning the regen armature amps down to zero and see what happens. Hey it might not fix it but it's worth a try. But then again it might.

10-04-2018, 05:45 PM	#4
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills I’ll give both things a shot
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10-04-2018, 08:41 PM	#6
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills No, radio is not wired to key switch
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10-04-2018, 08:53 PM	#7
Sergio Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 9,329	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills Are You accelerating or coasting when this happens? Have You tried to just stop on the hill to see if the problem is a loose connection triggered by the cart angle?

10-04-2018, 09:32 PM	#8
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills Accelerating, I have a steep driveway and radio plays while on steep driveway
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10-04-2018, 10:13 PM	#10
joedeman19 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 10	Re: Radio cutting out going down hills No, Bluetooth only
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