|
|
|||||||
| Electric Club Car Electric DS, and Precedent golf cars |
  |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
04-01-2014, 04:31 PM
|
#1 |
|
Crazy Buggy Wild !!
 Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Destin, Florida
Posts: 596
|
Battery cable puzzle
Sooooo, I ordered a new Bandit motor for my 2003 DS Series 48v cart. I am going to buy a new cable set for it. 2-4 gauge not sure yet. But that is not my question. My question is that neither 2-4 gauge wires fit thru the computer hole (see photo). I was told that you just leave stock cable there and run the bigger wire to the controller using both. Is this correct? Any thoughts?
Thanks, Mike |
|
|
 Today
|
|
Sponsored Links
__________________
This advertising will not be shown in this way to registered members. Register your free account today and become a member on Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum |
|
|
04-01-2014, 05:17 PM
|
#2 |
|
Happy Carting
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 73,410
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
This ......
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2014, 05:40 PM
|
#3 |
|
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Chestermere, Alberta - Canada
Posts: 1,146
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
Some people have had trouble with the OBC disliking dual cables - the charge cycle gets messed up and batteries end up repeatedly undercharged. Make/buy/use the stud.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2014, 05:44 PM
|
#4 |
|
Crazy Buggy Wild !!
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Destin, Florida
Posts: 596
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
Lightbulb came on. Scotty told me about the OBC. I must have missed the diagram.
So should I go with 2 or 4 gauge? Mike |
|
|
|
|
04-01-2014, 06:03 PM
|
#5 |
|
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Texas Hill Country
Posts: 398
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
If you go with 2 you won't be asking yourself later if you should have.
 JMO. I fist went with 4 then 2. |
|
|
|
|
04-01-2014, 06:23 PM
|
#6 |
|
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Chestermere, Alberta - Canada
Posts: 1,146
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
I seem to recall that Series carts benefit the greatest from 2 ga. Whereas Sepex (Regen/IQ) carts (for some electrical reason that a smart guy like Sergio could probably explain) don't experience as much benefit between 2 ga. and 4 ga.
|
|
|
|
|
04-01-2014, 08:58 PM
|
#7 |
|
Gone Wild
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 9,329
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
no need to go technical on me
 a series cart has twice as many high current cables (armature+field) and unless you have a nice reverse contactor by the motor, most of those cables are a lot longer too.Personally I would say it is easy to justify 2ga cable for a series cart, especially by the time you add your manual labor. |
|
|
|
|
04-02-2014, 08:22 AM
|
#8 |
|
Cave Dweller
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Always On The Move
Posts: 22,217
|
Re: Battery cable puzzle
I went from 6ga to 4ga to 2ga. if I knew then what I know now I would have gone right to 2ga
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| 2ga welding cable vs 2ga battery cable vs 2ga speaker cable | Electric Club Car | |||
| G16 Clutch Puzzle | Gas Yamaha | |||
| batteries or battery charger or battery cable | Electric EZGO | |||
| Got a new puzzle for me | Electric Club Car | |||
| Battery Cable Help | Electric EZGO | |||
Linear Mode
