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09-08-2017, 05:10 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Aug 2016
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head lights pulling down battery
I put a cheap set of harbor freight halogen lights on my G22 cause it had no lights at all but I've noticed that they pull down the battery and sometimes my cart is hesitant to start with the lights on. Do they make a voltage regulator or something that would fix this or does someone have another recommendation?
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09-08-2017, 05:33 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NW Iowa
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Re: head lights pulling down battery
Charge and load test your battery also put it in nuetral and run it wide open with volt meter on battery terminals should read around 14.5ish volts
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09-09-2017, 08:06 AM
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Not Yet Wild
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Re: head lights pulling down battery
Thanks I'll try that
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09-09-2017, 09:35 PM
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Vegas modded 420
 Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: West MI
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Re: head lights pulling down battery
You could have a bad connection battery to generator/starter that is showing up with the extra load on it. Check that stuff before you buy parts. I had issues with my post clamps on battery even. The gen will make about 15A that is about what 180W so 55W lights x2 is 110W should be fine, however note they only make 15A at higher rpm not at idle. Your battery could also be weak it should be able to run the lights and start a car, where the starter takes may more power than the cart starter does. Also make sure the lights are grounded to battery, the frame is not grounded.
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09-10-2017, 12:47 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: East Central Florida
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Re: head lights pulling down battery
My battery is only 4 mos old so I'm leaning towards the connections. I'm also gonna change over to low wattage led lights eventually as well.
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09-10-2017, 07:25 PM
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Vegas modded 420
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Re: head lights pulling down battery
Connection issues very common on older carts!
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