05-12-2014, 08:29 PM | #21 |
Gone Wild
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Re: First cart
Don't get burned feeling around for hot connections. Put a few drops of water on each big terminal on the solenoid and see which side produces steam.
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05-12-2014, 08:33 PM | #22 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: First cart
Thank you. I will check it this weekend. Could it be a bad solenoid?
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05-12-2014, 08:40 PM | #23 |
Gone Mad
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Re: First cart
Is the whole cable hot or just one or both terminals? Probably have a bad lug or two. The amperage is the same through all of the cables, so they should all be the same temp.
If you have a bad lug, in the short term, you could put a new lug on the existing cable, assuming the copper strands aren't too corroded. That's what I did on several of mine while waiting to upgrade. |
05-12-2014, 08:46 PM | #24 |
Gone Wild
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Re: First cart
It could be. After you run it a little while see which gets warm, the battery connection or the solenoid end. The solenoid might have a contact or wire crimp bad on the battery side. Your recently charged batteries just made the fault get hotter. If you have access to a hand held temperature measuring device you can use it to locate hot connections. A slight bad connection can get red hot on the high current flow through it. Don't get burned.
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05-13-2014, 07:32 AM | #25 |
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Re: First cart
You've got some cable/connection issues and your Powerise charger may not be fully charging you new US2200 batteries.
Be careful tightening the nuts on the battery studs. 10 ft/lb is max torque on them. The studs are actually hex-head bolt embedded in the lead post, and too much twisting force will distort the lead, which will cause a hot spot and may melt the battery post. ---------- What is the At-Rest voltage of the battery pack and the individual batteries? At-Rest voltage is measure 12 hours after the batteries have been charged. I posted a chart earlier tell what they should be. |
05-17-2014, 09:58 PM | #26 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: First cart
JohnnieB, I got 6.4 volts individually and 38 volts together, so looking good there. The wire wer hot at the terminal on both positive and negative side, so I replaced the terminal ends. Huge difference even though the wires have corrosion all the way through the wire. Guess a full blown 2 guage wire set up is in the future.
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05-18-2014, 07:58 AM | #27 | |
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Re: First cart
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06-29-2014, 07:01 PM | #28 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: First cart
Okay, back at it. I will order enough welding cable to all 13 cables this week. Next, I want tot sort out then front end. It is very sloppy. What do I replace? Tie rod ends, bearings , etc. ????
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