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04-05-2020, 08:00 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Apr 2020
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My GC is worn out and tired
Okay.. after using my marathon last year i had decided that i need to give it a helping have to make it look better and give it some more ***.. we camp every weekend and thebcampground is in the mountains so the ground is far from flat with lots of bigger hills (1mile ride up hill to my site). So i re did all the cables and did new batterys thinking that would fix the problem but if anything might have made it worse..i can literally walk up the hill faster then the cart..
So my question is.. what do i do? Do i do a new motor with controller leave it 36v? Or do i do a full conversion over to 48v with new everything? Everything i read is just all over the place.. im fine with spending some money as long as it fixes my issue. I bought the cart not knowing alot about carts, but o have some common sense to know that it is worn out and tired.. |
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04-05-2020, 08:43 AM | #2 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Central Alabama
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Re: My GC is worn out and tired
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Granted, at some point/speed the motor can pull TOO MANY amps and become problematic. However, I have seen far too many people think there was a problem with their cart because it slowed substantially on a hill. Of course you can make that go away with a bigger motor and controller and lots of $$$. In terms of converting the cart, I am assuming you have a 36v resistor cart. If that is the case I would not upgrade unless you are just looking for a project. I am a big fan of leaving old stuff stock and just spending the money on buying something that already has or is made for the new stuff. Especially if the cart appearance is already rough. If you go 48v, you obviously will have to buy a whole new set of batteries and charger, with tax you are already investing close to (if not exceeding) $1000 to start retrofitting old stuff to new. If it were me, I would look at buying a used 36v PDS and speeding it up. You could use your current batteries in that and if the PDS batteries have any life, you could put them in the Marathon and sell it and recover a little bit of your cost. If you want a 48v, you could buy just buy a used 48v. If you really want power on the hills, buy a 2012.5 or newer EZGO RXV which likely can do everything you need without any hardware upgrades. 2013 RXV's here in Central AL sell for around $2,500 with decent used batteries. Of course there are some good points that can me made FOR doing the upgrade, but I will let others present that option since it is not one of which I am not a fan |
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04-05-2020, 08:51 AM | #3 | |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Apr 2020
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Re: My GC is worn out and tired
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Yes i understand that it loses speed on a incline but this is just wayyyyyy to slow for that other older carts literally fly past me and when i say i can walk faster thats not any joke.. i dont mide spending the money on this cart i like to be differnt and i prefer the look of the ikder carts.. and i dont want to be like everyone else here at the camp ground.. i have right at $1700 to do what i need to do.. |
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04-05-2020, 09:13 AM | #4 | |
Gone Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Central Alabama
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Re: My GC is worn out and tired
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04-05-2020, 12:53 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: God's Country America
Posts: 883
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Re: My GC is worn out and tired
There are also motors to replace using a stock setup. This is just one I'm aware of. Their page lists @$600.00
https://plumquick.com/custom-built-m...orcerer-ez-go/ |
04-08-2020, 08:43 AM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
Posts: 2,089
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Re: My GC is worn out and tired
Really you need to see where the problem is.
First thing is to check those new batteries. Could be bad batteries or could be bad charger or something else. The very first thing to do when dealing with a poorly performing cart is to hook your voltmeter to the battery pack and identify the full pack voltage before doing anything, then the full voltage when the cart is having the issue. That will prove/disprove the health of the batteries/charger and point where to go next. |
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