EZ go shuttle wont move on full charge

[mike94]

i have a 2000 Ez-Go Electric 36 V : Electric Shuttle 2+2, i just put 6 brand new batteries in it and it drove fine for about 30 minuets then i turned it off at my friends and when i truned it back on it it wouldnt move, i would press the peddle down and the solinoid would click but the cart would go knowhere, i am out of ideas. can anyone help??

[sms-shop]

Battery pack dead... 36 volt or less means pack is out of charge... New battery's need to be charge before use .. Put a charge on them and call use in the morning.....

Bye the way welcome to BGW..

[COURTESYCART]

need to charge those batts before use.

[mike94]

thankyou guys

[mike94]

put a full charge on it last night and it does the same thing, out of ideas now

[sms-shop]

Take a DVM an tell us what the battery pack voltage is now that you have charge it..
What was you doing when it stopped .. Do you hear anything when you push the gas

[mike94]

i drove int through a hay field then took it to a friends and it just stopped, when i hit the gas i hear the solinoid click thats it, on a full charge when i hit the gas there are only 34.8 volts going to the solinoid

[mike94]

battery pack has 35.2 volts on a full charge

[JohnnieB]

Originally Posted by mike94

battery pack has 35.2 volts on a full charge

The plates on those new batteries are sulfating as we speak. 35.2V is only a 25% State of Charge and anything below 50% SoC (36.31V) may cause irreversible damage.

New batteries should be fully charged prior to first use, then broken in properly to obtain their maximum storage capacity and then kept as fully charged as possible to obtain the maximum service lifetime.

Obviously, you cannot fully charge them prior to first use, but you can still break them in properly and keep them charge as fully as possible.
Here is how to break them in:http://www.cartsunlimited.net/Batter...n_Methods.html
While on website, read everything with the word "Battery" in title. Lots of useful information.

Attached is a Voltage vs State of Charge chart. The voltages listed are taken 12 hours after charger shuts off automatically.

Note: The first few times new batteries are charged, the charge time will be fairly long. Possible 12 to 16 hours, maybe longer, or maybe a bit less.

Also, if charger is only charging battery pack to 35.2V. something is drastically wrong with charger and/or batteries.

What is Make/Model of charger? (picture of faceplate will suffice)

[mike94]

so there is a way to save them?