frame ground on a electric IR club car??

[GLEEMO]

It's safe to leave it !!

[sabercat]

ok i was just checking because i'm not an electric guru and its not my cart. thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by oxfordlawn

just wondering...do any cart manufacturers use frame grounds?? Is this for an electrical current/corrosion reason(I forget the term...electrolysis??) .

Hey Ox , thinking again Huh, with electrolysis the parts must also be submerged while the current is passing through

Sorta or exactly like the plates of a battery

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hey guy so would this charger be and fully automatic charger, that makes it safe to leave on the cart for a few monthes?

[roady89]

Full auto wil be ok.....With some chargers theres a problem that can arise though. If the power somehow is cut off long enough and the relay in the charger is on it will kill the batts. Most, if not all those relays operate off of the carts power. GFI's can trip, power strips....gotta be sure it has power all the time.

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roady i was asking if the chager that is on this ir club car is fully automatic so it can be left on for several months.
thanks for the reply though!

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Yes the charger is designed to be Fully Automatic when used in conjunction
with a cart which has a OBC (on Board Computer).

Roady's point is that everything must work according to plan for the charger to work,
Batteries must be good, have distilled water up to service levels, no home breakers trip
, facility temperature > 32% F., ...etc.
So it needs to be setup and tested (sorta)
I leave mine for a couple months at a time and no problems to date (knock Wood)

Read this thread for a description of the job of the OBC.
http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...-function.html
Note there are several different versions of the OBC but all are designed to talk to the Power Drive Series battery chargers .

[golfcarfixer]

When I Store Them For Customers,i Do Winterstorage.i Charge Them Up And Disconnect The Main Neg. And Pos.cable They Are Good For A Couple Of Months.i Dont Trust Anything Plugged In As It Can Fail.those Chargers Only Shut Off If Your Batteries Are Really Good.

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thanks guys i think i'll put the charger on a timer.

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Originally Posted by golfcarfixer

When I Store Them For Customers,i Do Winterstorage.i Charge Them Up And Disconnect The Main Neg. And Pos.cable They Are Good For A Couple Of Months.i Dont Trust Anything Plugged In As It Can Fail.those Chargers Only Shut Off If Your Batteries Are Really Good.

Not true, if you have a PowerDrive charger with functioning OBC it will shut itself
off after 16 hours regardless of battery condition.

The bad news is it will come back on in 15 Days and do the same thing
again , and again ... etc. until the batteries are less than 36 Volts , which then causes the OBC to stop the charger.

This is why you need to check everything ahead of time ,
water levels , breaker , OBC ...etc