48 to 12 converter wiring

[Goober11]

I have a 2003 CC DS. Series. Installing a 48 to 12 converter. Got this of eday. Yes I screwed up. The instructions that came with it said yellow to battery pack positive, Black to pack negative. Then it said black to key switch. In the wire description # 1 yellow to pack pos. #2 green to ing. switch (key turned on) blue wire, #3 black pack neg. .#4 red 12volt out,#5 blue memory. I have hooked up yellow to pack pos. Ran wires up to dash to fuse block. Went to check out to see if I have 12volts out an when I touch the neg.Black wire to pack. Neg. it seem like a dead short. Hooked up green wire to ing. switch still got a big spark. Not sure what is going on. Need HELP.



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[NoleFan4Ever]

You need to reformat your picture. Uploading from your phone makes it too large for the site.

Here is a drawing supplied by Carts Unlimited for that style converter.

[Mooncarter]

Are you saying it came with 2 sets of instructions?

[Mooncarter]

Ok I see what Nole is saying. We can't see all of the text in your photo. Need to see that to understand what is going on.

[Goober11]

Sorry for the big pic. First time using taptalk.

[Goober11]

Thanks NoleFan for the quick reply. I have it wired like the diagram shows. I tried to check my 12 volt feed before I hook up my accessorizes. Put Yellow wire on pack. pos. an went to put black on pack neg. got a big spark like a dead short. I did not have it hook to the ing. switch. Hooked
green wire to ing. switch (key on 48v post) went to hook up black wire to neg pack still get a dead short.

[swm63]

It could just be the capacitors charging in the reducer upon the first hookup.

[Goober11]

Thanks swm63. It was just the capacitor charging up. Just got me a little nerves when it sparked.

Thanks for all the info. Will do better with taptalk next time.New to iPhone an golf carts.

[NoleFan4Ever]

Yep, it will do it every time. Next time pull the Main Neg and when you are done with the converter, then use a incandescent light bulb on the main negative post and then touch the cable to the base of the bulb until the light goes out. Then hook it all back up.

[Fairtax4me]

All of the converters throw a spark when you first hook them up. Nothing to worry about as long as you're not in a room filled with gas!