2000 Ezgo TXT charger plug sense wire

[Sir Nuke]

hmmmmmm well who knows, mines a little different for one reason or another....its a 2006, but that shouldn't really make any difference.

[yurtle]

Which one is different, the charger sense wire in the plug, or the reed switch interlock wire colors in the receptacle? My reed switch bypass eliminated the internal red wire and just has the short white wire cut off of the reed switch and a crimped on ring terminal. My old PowerWise charger had the red sense wire, but my DPI does not. Sense wire and interlock serve two different purposes. We still aren't sure which "plug" the original poster was referring to in his question. Reed switch could have been bypassed, or the sense wire Aux Contactor could have gotten dirty/corroded and been bypassed inside the charger.

[Sir Nuke]

Originally Posted by yurtle

Which one is different, the charger sense wire in the plug, or the reed switch interlock wire colors in the receptacle? My reed switch bypass eliminated the internal red wire and just has the short white wire cut off of the reed switch and a crimped on ring terminal. My old PowerWise charger had the red sense wire, but my DPI does not. Sense wire and interlock serve two different purposes. We still aren't sure which "plug" the original poster was referring to in his question. Reed switch could have been bypassed, or the sense wire Aux Contactor could have gotten dirty/corroded and been bypassed inside the charger.

ya know.....I have slept one or twice since the last time I looked at it....with this conversation in mind, I am going to have to go look at it and take a picture. will get back to y'all.

[Sir Nuke]

well I was right.....at least in my case....the sensing wire coming out of the plug on the cart side on MY cart is RED. and that's all factory wiring.

[yurtle]

Kewl. Did they stop using the reed switch by 2007 or just change to a different reed switch?

Now to figure out whether the original poster was asking about a golf cart part or a charger part.

[yurtle]

I got curious and looked at old pics of mine, before I bypassed it. It's black.

EZGO Engineer #1: Hey, let's connect this black wire to a red wire.
EZGO Engineer #2: Why not? That's exactly what we did with the PowerWise charger sense wire.

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

well I was right.....at least in my case....the sensing wire coming out of the plug on the cart side on MY cart is RED. and that's all factory wiring.

There are two "third" wires associated with that style charge receptacle and they go to two separate, unrelated, circuits.

1. Wire in cart's control wiring connected the positive radsok (driver side). If that wire does not have B+ on it, the controller is disabled and cart won't run.

2. Wire in charger's output cable connected to the negative radsok (passenger side) via the auxiliary contact in the charger plug. If that wire doesn't connect to B-, the charger doesn't come on. (Note: Not all chargers sense B- at the plug, some do it internally)

Here is a top view of the plug and receptacle mated with covers off. (Reed switch has been bypassed)

Also shows magnet that open reed switch contacts.

[dajablock]

I have this receptacle on my 2007 ezo text. I found the small red wire connector to the battery melted off , don't know where it had been attached, tried touching the wire to the negative same post as the black wire and it arcs. opened up the receptacle and all 3 wires ok.
Can you help me?

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by dajablock

I have this receptacle on my 2007 ezo text. I found the small red wire connector to the battery melted off , don't know where it had been attached, tried touching the wire to the negative same post as the black wire and it arcs. opened up the receptacle and all 3 wires ok.
Can you help me?

What type drive? (Series or PDS)

If the wire melted off, look for burnt residue and that might be where it had been attached.

Other than that, what is the other end of the burnt off red wire attached to?

Pictures will help.

[dajablock]

The other end is attached to the White wire inside the charger receptacle ( the same as in the picture in your post I replied to) .