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Old 11-25-2018, 10:28 AM   #1
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Default 2004 Club Car DS charge at 0 amps

Hi all,
New guy here and have been reading the forum all night, figured I would start a thread even though I know a lot of stuff has been covered numerous times.

Anyhow, I bought a 2004 Club Car DS with IQ 48v last night for $550 that doesn’t run and didn’t have a charger. I found a guy locally with a charger for $150 so I am in to this thing $700.

When I got the cart home, it is not responsive at all and the charger did nothing when I plugged it in.
I checked voltage at each battery and one was almost zero volts. I hooked my 12v car charger at 2 amps to that battery and let it sit for a minute or two and then I rechecked voltage and get about 40across the stack. Still the charger did nothing, no click no hum nothing. Through reading the forum I found the fuse was blown at the grey wire in the charger plug so I replaced that. Now the charger clicks and the amps only go up slightly, still only like 1 amp maybe.
So I took the charger to a friend that has one and it immediately jumped to 15 amps so I’m confident the charger works.
I know this cart likely needs batteries but I had to drop $700-$800 on batteries to find out something else is majorly wrong.

I’ve read a bunch about tricking the charger to work but every diagram I saw shows a different configuration than my charger, and I assume since the charger is clicking (relay???) that it’s trying to charge.

FWIW I be no sounds, put in reverse there is no buzzer and the cart doesn’t move at all

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks
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Old 11-25-2018, 11:22 AM   #2
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Default Re: 2004 Club Car DS charge at 0 amps

I’m guessing the batteries have no ability to hold a charge or power up the cart (could be other issues as well). How old are they?


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Old 11-25-2018, 11:34 AM   #3
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Default Re: 2004 Club Car DS charge at 0 amps

I’m starting to think you’re right.. I charged each battery with a 12 v charger and the cart still wouldn’t kick on the charger.. but the reverse buzzer worked and it drove for about 50feet before dying.

On a side note, is there a good place to buy used parts? I want to replace some of the trim and stuff to make it nicer.
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Definitely batteries then. As far as used parts, maybe a dealer near you or Craigslist?


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Old 11-25-2018, 07:57 PM   #5
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Try leaving the car vharger on till you get full voltage on each battery after they sit gor a hour then plug it back in
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