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04-24-2023, 06:09 AM | #1 |
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Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
I recently swapped my controller, solenoid, batteries, and F/R switch. Now, the only time my 12v accessories work is of I'm in forward or reverse. They all shut down in neutral.
I didn't touch the wiring on any electrical. Direct swap over to all the new components and the cart operates normal. One previous problem I had was a bad microswitch on my F/R switch. I had to use a jumper to connect the 2 blue wires on the ms previously to get the cart to move. Here's a link to the thread that shows this.. - https://www.buggiesgonewild.com/showthread.php?t=189402 The good microswitch is the only difference I can think of... I thought I tapped into the key switch to tell the voltage converter to turn in, and then directly wired the other power and ground directly to the pack. Any ideas? |
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04-24-2023, 06:21 AM | #2 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
I would chase back the trigger switch for your converter and see where you tied it in. Obviously it must not be getting pack voltage when the cart is in N any longer. I would think you are on to something possibly though with the jumper no longer being there with a functioning switch.
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04-24-2023, 07:15 AM | #3 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
It sounds like bypassing the microswitch did more than originally thought. Is it possible your solenoid was staying closed before with the microswitch bypassed? if you reducer was powered from the solenoid contacts this could be the cae.
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04-24-2023, 07:50 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
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I installed the reducer, and wires the + and - wires directly to the battery pack, then used the downstream key switch for the trigger wire to fire it up... or I thought I did anyway. Is they key switch involved with the microswitches at all? I'll have to dig around here for a wiring diagram. 1994.5 Medalist. Previously 36v Series converted to 48v series. |
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04-24-2023, 07:57 AM | #5 |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
Ok, I found the attached diagram.
MS2 is the microswitch that previously was jumped/bypassed. Seems that now it is closed when in gear, and is also in line with the key switch. This would make sense, since when I had the jumper on there it would have always been closed. Prior to this new microswitch, as long as I had the key on, I could use my 12v accessories because I tapped into the green wire downstream of the key switch. Seems that now I must have the key on, AND be in gear (forward or reverse) in order to activate my voltage reducer. So if all of that is correct and I've identified the problem, next question is where do I tap into the circuit in order to require the key to be on for 12v accessories, but NOT require me to be in gear? |
04-24-2023, 08:07 AM | #6 |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
Does the red wire coming into MS2 have power all the time other then when the charger is plug is inserted? Kinda looks that way?
If that is the case you may end up having to change how you switch your reducer on and off entirely to an accessory switch or just know that you lose your accessory power when in N and just not put the cart in N? The capacitors in the reducer should be large enough that you will not lose power just from flipping between F and R if you do not dewell on the N position. |
04-24-2023, 08:19 AM | #7 | |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
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04-24-2023, 08:38 AM | #8 | |
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04-24-2023, 08:49 AM | #9 |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
The flow of power to the circuit starts at the reed switch then goes to the micro on the fnr, then to the key switch hence why when you shift it you lose power at the key switch. You could rewire it such that it went to the key switch first and then to the fnr.
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04-24-2023, 08:53 AM | #10 |
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Re: Voltage reducer only coming on when in gear
Good idea.
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