night time driving, need help quick

Ramchargin · 10-31-2010, 08:17 AM

Gonna be using my cart to follow the kids around trick-or-treating tonight and am worried that keeping the lights on while not steady driving is going to kill the battery.

I think I remember someone mentioning there was an easy way to make a cart like mine idle instead of shutting off when stopped?

Any help before the eve would be greatly appreciated.

pachanga90 · 10-31-2010, 08:28 AM

You could wire up front/rear Marker-Lites,Then just leave them on,they don't draw much,they even have them in a single LED that is about 3/4" diam. and very bright.Hope this helps.

Ramchargin · 10-31-2010, 09:02 AM

I did think about that but I would really like to be able to keep the head lights on the whole time for safety and to see the kids.

BLACK DEATH · 10-31-2010, 09:07 AM

What i would do is put your battery on a slow charger to fully charge it up for tonite.
Or if you have the room, is put another battery in parallel, pos - pos & neg - neg, you wont need heavy gauge wire for this as weve done it before.
These may be the cheapest ways other than running leds & mounting them

pachanga90 · 10-31-2010, 09:11 AM

Wire the markers into another switch,then just use the headlites underway

lockman1 · 11-01-2010, 06:18 AM

Sorry... Looks like I'm "a day late, and a dollar short" (again)

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/gas-c...dle-setup.html

SpoiledRotten · 11-01-2010, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lockman1

Sorry... Looks like I'm "a day late, and a dollar short" (again)

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/gas-c...dle-setup.html

There's always next year for him!

blake80 · 11-01-2010, 08:02 AM

Im late on this too but, i would put in a optima red, blue, or yellow top battery and do away with those old school acid batteries.

10-31-2010, 08:17 AM	#1
Ramchargin Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: VA Posts: 60	night time driving, need help quick Gonna be using my cart to follow the kids around trick-or-treating tonight and am worried that keeping the lights on while not steady driving is going to kill the battery. I think I remember someone mentioning there was an easy way to make a cart like mine idle instead of shutting off when stopped? Any help before the eve would be greatly appreciated.

10-31-2010, 08:28 AM	#2
pachanga90 I Refuse To Get Stuck!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hilton,NY Posts: 5,427	Re: night time driving, need help quick You could wire up front/rear Marker-Lites,Then just leave them on,they don't draw much,they even have them in a single LED that is about 3/4" diam. and very bright.Hope this helps.

10-31-2010, 09:02 AM	#3
Ramchargin Not Yet Wild Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: VA Posts: 60	Re: night time driving, need help quick I did think about that but I would really like to be able to keep the head lights on the whole time for safety and to see the kids.

10-31-2010, 09:07 AM	#4
BLACK DEATH Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 1,644	Re: night time driving, need help quick What i would do is put your battery on a slow charger to fully charge it up for tonite. Or if you have the room, is put another battery in parallel, pos - pos & neg - neg, you wont need heavy gauge wire for this as weve done it before. These may be the cheapest ways other than running leds & mounting them

10-31-2010, 09:11 AM	#5
pachanga90 I Refuse To Get Stuck!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hilton,NY Posts: 5,427	Re: night time driving, need help quick Wire the markers into another switch,then just use the headlites underway

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11-01-2010, 06:18 AM	#6
lockman1 What the ....? Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N.E. Wisconsin Posts: 14,927	Re: night time driving, need help quick Sorry... Looks like I'm "a day late, and a dollar short" (again) http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/gas-c...dle-setup.html

11-01-2010, 08:02 AM	#8
blake80 REAL MEN GET EM DIRTY Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: rincon , ga. Posts: 3,646	Re: night time driving, need help quick Im late on this too but, i would put in a optima red, blue, or yellow top battery and do away with those old school acid batteries.

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