Chassis Ground

JGC403 · 05-22-2017, 12:16 AM

Are the chassis on theses carts grounded? As far as I know everything is stock on my cart, everything looked stock with the wiring on my 2007 TXT. I checked continuity between the negative battery terminal and a couple of bolts on the cart in various places and they all checked out that they were grounded. I put some LED lights on and just ran power wires to the lights and grounded the grounds to the chassis.

orangeman6 · 05-22-2017, 02:42 AM

Don't ground anything to the chassis. Someone who actually knows what they're talking about may respond with the why part, but I do know that anytime someone on here talks about doing that, there's a barrage of NO.

Sir Nuke · 05-22-2017, 06:22 AM

NO! think about it from the stand point of your car/truck.....Where does the NEG (ground) go to....the frame.

HOWEVER, on a cart....is the NEGATIVE (Ground) from your pack connected to the frame?? NO its not, thus when you add electrical components like your lights, you need to connect them to the APPROPRITE NEGATIVE POST OR to the NEG. side of your fuse box.

marianol · 05-22-2017, 06:41 AM

I think that the OP is saying that he checked and in his cart the frame IS grounded.

As Sir Nuke said that should NOT be the case for an Electric cart. So someone was doing some of his own wiring there.
Can you follow the negative post on the battery to see where is grounded??

Also a picture will help.

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mutant · 05-22-2017, 01:51 PM

everything is done in an isolated loop to the battery...my understanding is safety...

JGC403 · 05-22-2017, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marianol

I think that the OP is saying that he checked and in his cart the frame IS grounded.

As Sir Nuke said that should NOT be the case for an Electric cart. So someone was doing some of his own wiring there.
Can you follow the negative post on the battery to see where is grounded??

Also a picture will help.

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Correct, with the wiring that was on the cart, the chassis was grounded. The previous owner had installed lights, but I removed all of that before I checked the continuity between the negative battery post and some random spots on the chassis.

marianol · 05-23-2017, 09:03 AM

Follow the negative post and take it out of the chassis. As said before electric carts use a closed loop from positive post to negative post of the pack and the chassis is never connected to anything.

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05-22-2017, 12:16 AM	#1
JGC403 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Baileyton, TN Posts: 22	Chassis Ground Are the chassis on theses carts grounded? As far as I know everything is stock on my cart, everything looked stock with the wiring on my 2007 TXT. I checked continuity between the negative battery terminal and a couple of bolts on the cart in various places and they all checked out that they were grounded. I put some LED lights on and just ran power wires to the lights and grounded the grounds to the chassis.

05-22-2017, 02:42 AM	#2
orangeman6 Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,300	Re: Chassis Ground Don't ground anything to the chassis. Someone who actually knows what they're talking about may respond with the why part, but I do know that anytime someone on here talks about doing that, there's a barrage of NO.

05-22-2017, 06:22 AM	#3
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Join Date: May 2013 Location: West Columbia, Texas Posts: 17,980	Re: Chassis Ground NO! think about it from the stand point of your car/truck.....Where does the NEG (ground) go to....the frame. HOWEVER, on a cart....is the NEGATIVE (Ground) from your pack connected to the frame?? NO its not, thus when you add electrical components like your lights, you need to connect them to the APPROPRITE NEGATIVE POST OR to the NEG. side of your fuse box.

05-22-2017, 06:41 AM	#4
marianol Getting Wild Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 136	Re: Chassis Ground I think that the OP is saying that he checked and in his cart the frame IS grounded. As Sir Nuke said that should NOT be the case for an Electric cart. So someone was doing some of his own wiring there. Can you follow the negative post on the battery to see where is grounded?? Also a picture will help. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

05-22-2017, 01:51 PM	#5
mutant Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: fletcher,nc Posts: 601	Re: Chassis Ground everything is done in an isolated loop to the battery...my understanding is safety...

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05-23-2017, 09:03 AM	#7
marianol Getting Wild Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 136	Re: Chassis Ground Follow the negative post and take it out of the chassis. As said before electric carts use a closed loop from positive post to negative post of the pack and the chassis is never connected to anything. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk

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