Trojan battery burning smell

[rmartin13]

New to this forum. Love all the informative posts. I just purchased a 2018 EZGO TXT Fleet 48V with Trojan batteries. I drove the family around the neighborhood once and started noticing an electrical burning smell. I parked the cart and plugged in the charger for a couple of days. Today we tried to go for a drive. The LED charge light was solid green indicating a full charge, but the cart would not even pull up the driveway from the basement. I found the wire on 1 of the batteries was burnt into the battery housing (see attached pics). Does this appear to be a battery issue or a wiring issue? Thanks for the help.

[FatBusting]

I'd drive it for 10 minutes, then test the voltage of each of the individual batteries. (no need to touch the cables)

The one cart I smelt that in had one very bad cell. I was installing an LED light bar using two 6v batteries to make 12v and as I drove the bad cell would turn the light off. When I opened the battery compartment to test it, it smelled like rotten eggs (sulphur)

Also check the water level and top off with distilled water as needed.

[Volt_Ampere]

That is a severely melted / damaged terminal due to a bad connection at the battery. That battery will probably have to be replaced. You can see that the lead terminal is cracked. I doubt that it can be repaired - there are some repairs available that require drilling into the post and installing a stud.

[rmartin13]

Thanks for the info. I just bought the cart from a local dealer who has a good reputation in the local community. He gave a 1-year warranty with the purchase. Hopefully, he will make good on a battery replacement.