How do I test a solenoid

willy d · 07-01-2018, 08:23 PM

How do I test a solinoid . 96 ezgo txt

nickdalzell1 · 07-01-2018, 08:30 PM

Get a multimeter and set it for Continuity (should have beeping feature ) or resistance/Ohms (if not).

Take all wires off solenoid and label them where they go. Hook a jumper between one of the small posts to battery pack negative, the other to battery pack positive, should make audible click. If it does, put the multimeter probes on the two large posts, and if it beeps or shows 0 resistance you're ok. If it does not click or pass the test when it does click, it's bad.

radioman · 07-02-2018, 06:27 AM

I would leave everything connected and run some voltage tests. Does the solenoid click when you press the pedal?

willy d · 07-02-2018, 08:07 AM

no sir it does not but if I jump fro, the side post to the positive small post the cart will run and the throttle pedal works as it shld

radioman · 07-02-2018, 08:15 AM

Do you hear the solenoid click when you jumper the post?

willy d · 07-02-2018, 08:20 AM

yes it clicks when jumped from the side that has 36 volts to the positive small terminal

radioman · 07-02-2018, 08:34 AM

Then the solenoid is good because the cart runs. You have something else wrong. Possibly a problem in the pedal box microswitch or a connector problem. There should be a small four prong molex plug in the wiring coming from the pedal box inside the battery compartment. Locate it and inspect for corrosion. You will need to have a voltmeter to run some voltage measurements.

radioman · 07-02-2018, 09:11 AM

The way the solenoid gets voltage to energize when the cart is in forward or reverse is a voltage from a small reed interlock switch in the charger receptacle *(the smaller wire) through a microswitch on forward reverse switch assembly through the key switch through a microswitch in the pedal box when the pedal is pressed to the terminal on the solenoid you jumped 36 volts to.
*Note: The charger must be unplugged to check for voltage at this point.

rib33024 · 07-02-2018, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by willy d

How do I test a solenoid . 96 ezgo txt

Do you have a red/white wire coming out of the back side of the charger plug on the cart? under the seat? If so check that wire to see if you have pack volts. If not run that wire to pack volts pos, that is a reed switch and if it's bad the solenoid wont click by pushing the pedal

willy d · 07-02-2018, 03:00 PM

I have a black going to - a white going to + and a small red wire going to F/R switch... shld the little wire going to F/R have voltage at switch?

07-01-2018, 08:23 PM	#1
willy d Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 102	How do I test a solenoid How do I test a solinoid . 96 ezgo txt
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07-01-2018, 08:30 PM	#2
nickdalzell1 Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,279	Re: Can anyone help Get a multimeter and set it for Continuity (should have beeping feature ) or resistance/Ohms (if not). Take all wires off solenoid and label them where they go. Hook a jumper between one of the small posts to battery pack negative, the other to battery pack positive, should make audible click. If it does, put the multimeter probes on the two large posts, and if it beeps or shows 0 resistance you're ok. If it does not click or pass the test when it does click, it's bad.

07-02-2018, 06:27 AM	#3
radioman Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: South Georgia Posts: 1,120	Re: How do I test a solenoid I would leave everything connected and run some voltage tests. Does the solenoid click when you press the pedal?

07-02-2018, 08:07 AM	#4
willy d Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 102	Re: How do I test a solenoid no sir it does not but if I jump fro, the side post to the positive small post the cart will run and the throttle pedal works as it shld
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07-02-2018, 08:15 AM	#5
radioman Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: South Georgia Posts: 1,120	Re: How do I test a solenoid Do you hear the solenoid click when you jumper the post?

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07-02-2018, 08:20 AM	#6
willy d Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 102	Re: How do I test a solenoid yes it clicks when jumped from the side that has 36 volts to the positive small terminal
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07-02-2018, 08:34 AM	#7
radioman Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: South Georgia Posts: 1,120	Re: How do I test a solenoid Then the solenoid is good because the cart runs. You have something else wrong. Possibly a problem in the pedal box microswitch or a connector problem. There should be a small four prong molex plug in the wiring coming from the pedal box inside the battery compartment. Locate it and inspect for corrosion. You will need to have a voltmeter to run some voltage measurements.

07-02-2018, 09:11 AM	#8
radioman Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: South Georgia Posts: 1,120	Re: How do I test a solenoid The way the solenoid gets voltage to energize when the cart is in forward or reverse is a voltage from a small reed interlock switch in the charger receptacle (the smaller wire) through a microswitch on forward reverse switch assembly through the key switch through a microswitch in the pedal box when the pedal is pressed to the terminal on the solenoid you jumped 36 volts to. Note: The charger must be unplugged to check for voltage at this point. Last edited by radioman; 07-02-2018 at 10:59 AM.. Reason: Note

07-02-2018, 03:00 PM	#10
willy d Getting Wild Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 102	Re: How do I test a solenoid I have a black going to - a white going to + and a small red wire going to F/R switch... shld the little wire going to F/R have voltage at switch?
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