electric turf gator

crvbs · 09-12-2013, 09:30 AM

have a electric turf gator that starts discharging soon as the charger shuts off, if you charge it & unplug the charger it will hold a charge. leave it plug it over night it will show dead. plug the charger in for 15-20 minutes in the a.m. & it will show full charge. just started doing this the last couple months. any ideas where to look?

simple man · 09-12-2013, 09:38 AM

Possibly a partially shorted diode in your charger. That would allow current to flow back through the transformer. It should really blow the fuse, though!

crvbs · 09-12-2013, 09:46 AM

tried it with two different chargers. does the same thing on both.

JohnnieB · 09-12-2013, 10:15 AM

Sounds like you have a LED bar-graph type SoC meter and are using it to determine SoC.

That type SoC meter tells more lies than politicians.
Replace it with a DVM type or even an old analog type.

In the interim, check the batteries with a handheld DVM to determine if they are charged or not.

crvbs · 09-12-2013, 11:22 AM

thanks i'll try that

jakesnake27 · 09-12-2013, 02:10 PM

Don't waste your time with any meter but a scottyb one.

>>> http://cartsunlimited.net/site/3b750...ters.html#2833

09-12-2013, 09:30 AM	#1
crvbs Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10	electric turf gator have a electric turf gator that starts discharging soon as the charger shuts off, if you charge it & unplug the charger it will hold a charge. leave it plug it over night it will show dead. plug the charger in for 15-20 minutes in the a.m. & it will show full charge. just started doing this the last couple months. any ideas where to look?
crvbs Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10

09-12-2013, 09:46 AM	#3
crvbs Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10	Re: electric turf gator tried it with two different chargers. does the same thing on both.
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09-12-2013, 10:15 AM	#4
JohnnieB Techno-Nerd Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Virginia Posts: 19,654	Re: electric turf gator Sounds like you have a LED bar-graph type SoC meter and are using it to determine SoC. That type SoC meter tells more lies than politicians. Replace it with a DVM type or even an old analog type. In the interim, check the batteries with a handheld DVM to determine if they are charged or not.

09-12-2013, 11:22 AM	#5
crvbs Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 10	Re: electric turf gator thanks i'll try that
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09-12-2013, 02:10 PM	#6
jakesnake27 Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,246	Re: electric turf gator Don't waste your time with any meter but a scottyb one. >>> http://cartsunlimited.net/site/3b750...ters.html#2833
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09-12-2013, 09:38 AM	#2
simple man Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bunnell, Florida Posts: 2,408	Re: electric turf gator Possibly a partially shorted diode in your charger. That would allow current to flow back through the transformer. It should really blow the fuse, though!

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