RoyPow Voltage Reducer

[jhyla62]

Hi,

I just converted my '05 Club Car Precedent over to a RoyPow 105AH battery. I've added a couple of before and after pics just for fun.

My question is about adding a voltage reducer. More specifically how to connect existing lights to a new reducer.

I had a blue wire connected to the 12v side of the original setup. That would go to the positive side of the reducer.

Is there a ground from the original light setup that I would also need to run to the reducer? Does the yellow butt connector have something to do with this?

Perhaps I don't need to do anything with the ground at all (meaning it was already grounded from original setup).

As an aside, I did not do anything at all with the OBC since I was not using it to charge. Don't know if I should but that's another question.

Any help is appreciated.

[Texpie]

I'm about to tackle the same problem. Reviewing the schematics in the service manual. I'll post if I discover the solution.

[Jack Daniels]

Had the same issue. Hook the blue wire up to 12V +. I cut the bullet connector off, put a ring terminal on and hooked to 12v - and all is working.

[jhyla62]

Originally Posted by Jack Daniels

Had the same issue. Hook the blue wire up to 12V +. I cut the bullet connector off, put a ring terminal on and hooked to 12v - and all is working.

Thanks. In my case since the RoyPow is a 48v I'll need to connect the blue wire to a voltage reducer. The bullet connector I think I'll need to run the voltage reducer as well.

Will try this weekend.

[jhyla62]

Originally Posted by jhyla62

Hi,

I just converted my '05 Club Car Precedent over to a RoyPow 105AH battery. I've added a couple of before and after pics just for fun.

My question is about adding a voltage reducer. More specifically how to connect existing lights to a new reducer.

I had a blue wire connected to the 12v side of the original setup. That would go to the positive side of the reducer.

Is there a ground from the original light setup that I would also need to run to the reducer? Does the yellow butt connector have something to do with this?

Perhaps I don't need to do anything with the ground at all (meaning it was already grounded from original setup).

As an aside, I did not do anything at all with the OBC since I was not using it to charge. Don't know if I should but that's another question.

Any help is appreciated.

As a follow-up -

I ended up removing the OBC because I learned that leaving it would lock up the cart by not sensing any activity. The sticky on this forum was a big help.

I also took the ground with the yellow bullet connector and was able to put on a ring terminal and had enough slack to attach to the B- on the controller.

All is working well. Most noticeable thing for me is consistent speed on hills.