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09-27-2012, 06:22 AM | #21 | |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
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. . . one bad cell in one battery can bring down the whole pack and create issues similar to what you describe . . . batteries are it's "heart" . . . |
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09-27-2012, 08:05 AM | #22 | |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
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Yeah, yeah, i know :P It'll get replaced sometime soon. Thankfully the cart is only used for 10 minutes or so towing, so the batteries can run off of interface charge for the duration of the towing. I am looking for a used battery somewhere, though. The rest of the pack is basically solid at 8.3volts per battery (Within .3 volts), so i don't want to replace the entire pack, since that would run about $800, and high school bands don't get the best of funding :P |
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09-27-2012, 08:45 AM | #23 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
You'd better take a few pictures, and post them here. You might have some odd wiring, or a conversion of some sort.
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09-27-2012, 08:51 AM | #24 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
Will do... I'll even put my multimeter on it when i take the picture :)
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09-27-2012, 09:24 AM | #25 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
1000% right if you have a battery with a dead cell it needs to go or its gonna cause all kinds of havoc.........that should be the 1st thing you correct...........................
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09-28-2012, 11:21 PM | #26 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
So, small update.
Solenoid is replaced, and when i was replacing it, i shorted out the frame to the battery a few times (twice) resulting in some mighty large sparks, and apparently, breaking whatever was shorting out that cell in the battery. I also replaced all the wires between the batteries with new ones (The old ones were VERY corroded, and the ends were looking rough, so i spent $80 on 4AWG wire and some nice connections for the batteries. Drove the cart around all day yesterday, pulled 1500 pounds a mile, drove another mile full speed, didn't charge it overnight, and then drove it another 2 or 3 miles today, and i'm still getting 47.9 off the battery bank. The "bad" battery was giving me 8.5 at the beginning of today (sitting overnight, after the driving yesterday), so i'm wondering if it'll stay working well for a while. It's certainly bubbling now, so that's encouraging, and the pack is taking a good 12 or 13 hours to charge now, vs. the 2 or 3 before. The new wiring is also very stiff, so it's easy to bend and make a nice clean route AROUND the battery tank lids. I'll post a picture of the previous wiring tomorrow, and then the current wiring Monday or Tuesday. At the beginning of today i was getting 51.7 volts, and now it's 47.9, after a lot of full speed driving. |
09-29-2012, 02:41 PM | #27 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
So here's the old wiring. I brushed all the corrosion off, replaced all the connections on the wires (except for the two extras for the stereo... Haven't gotten that far yet) and then wired it up with some nice 4AWG wire.
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09-30-2012, 09:53 AM | #28 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
have you done anything about the bad battery?............................
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09-30-2012, 10:01 AM | #29 |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
I was hoping to see a photo of the "small" wires going to the F/R switch, to see what's going on there...
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10-01-2012, 11:40 PM | #30 | |
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Re: Electric Club Car Clicks, and moves for a split second, then stops
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The F/R lever is on the center of the picture on the left. It's basically to the left of the meter. You can see most of the wiring from the picture. (I'd think the wiring is 14 or 16awg) |
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