Club Car DS resistor cart.

[manimal13]

Haha, I know they're 6v. 3 holes in each battery! I did replace a dude's 48v batteries with 36v once. They gave me all sorts of hell at the shop when I returned em 2 hours later.

[manimal13]

I'll give y'all some more info when I head back over there tomorrow. Thanks again for the help.

[scottyb]

Easy enough to tell the 36 and 48 volters apart. The 36ers have a 2 blade charge plug. 48ers have a round 3 pin plug.
All resistor carts were 36v (originally).

[manimal13]

On the two smaller terminals on the solenoid I got no reading, on the two larger ones I got full battery pack. 36v transistor cart with the two-blade charger plug.

[manimal13]

Originally Posted by movin-on

To test the solenoid...Put your meter on the 2 small terminals on the solenoid...Key on...Lever in forward..Step on the go pedal...You should see pack voltage on your meter...If you do and the solenoid doesn't click, change the solenoid...If you don't test the key switch and micro switches..As far as charging, do you have a fuse on the charger terminal..What year is the cart..

So, I'm getting full battery pack on the two larger terminals on the solenoid and no reading on the 2 smaller terminals. *IF* the solenoid is bad on this cart, would that prohibit the charger from comin on??

[handtools]

If the cart is wired correctly it should not prevent the charger from working. The charge receptacle should be connected directly to the batteries. Is this the wiring diagram for the cart?

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/attac...oils36vzi9.jpg

[manimal13]

Originally Posted by handtools

If the cart is wired correctly it should not prevent the charger from working. The charge receptacle should be connected directly to the batteries. Is this the wiring diagram for the cart?

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/attac...oils36vzi9.jpg

Yeah, thats how it's set up. It's weird though, the charger will come on when i connect another 36v cart with jumper cables to main pos and main neg's. As soon as I unplug the jumper cables the charger shuts off. Can't figure out why that is. Also, no click from the solenoid but I am hearing the click of the micro-switch.

[Sergio]

Sounds like You are just charging the other cart via the jump cables.

Put You voltmeter on pack positive and negative battery posts, measure the voltage before and as You plug the charger.

I think You either have a totally dead battery or a bad connection between the batteries.

I bad battery will not show up without a load, either charge or discharge.

By the way, is this a Resistor or Controller model (You said both Resistor and Transistor)?

[Fairtax4me]

Seems like a bad connection between two batteries. Corrosion inside a cable, or a badly corroded terminal/ corrosion between the cable end and terminal.

[manimal13]

Hey everybody, it was two issues. Corrosion on one of the cables. Cleaned em up real good and charger started working. Still wouldn't drive. Ended up being the ignition was bad too. Woot woot. THANKS FOR Y'ALLS HELP!! This place is an amazing resource.