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Old 11-01-2017, 10:36 AM   #1
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Default Battery Draw issues

So I'm having some issue of drawing too much power while sitting idle... ran the battery down last night during trick-or-treating.

Power consumtion
LED underbody kit (6 amp)
headlights and tail lights Streamline JU2 kit with 30w halogens
Stereo (10 amp fuse)
amp (10 amp fuse)

Tonight I am going to do an amp draw test on each to see what the actual power draw is and see what i can do to eliminate so radio power..

my first thought was to switch the Halogens to LED's to same some power. 30w 12v x2 equals 5 amps... but what type of LED wattage would i need to keep the same brightness or lumens?

does anyone know how much power our starter/generators put out?
any other ideas on how to eliminate some power draw?
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Old 11-01-2017, 11:18 AM   #2
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I'd load test your battery I have stereo with amp and two wake board tower speakers and can blast them all day long while on the course and never have had a problem
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Old 11-01-2017, 11:47 AM   #3
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Default Re: Battery Draw issues

I don't know the exact rating for the Yamaha starter generators, but Club Cars are rated as 17 amps. I would think it's got to be pretty close to that, with the designs so similar. Keep in mind that output is also only at peak RPM, so slowly puttering around the neighborhood you may not have been running enough RPM's to do even that much charging.
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Old 11-01-2017, 11:52 AM   #4
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What kind of cart do you have?

Starters typically put out 20 - 30 volts. I am not sure how that equates to current though. Remember, the voltage regulator is going to limit the volts to 13 - 14 volts so, really, what the S/G is putting out may not matter.

No matter, an option you may want to consider is getting an adjustable voltage regulator that was used on G1s and a lot of older carts for that matter. You can adjust those ones up or down for more or less volts in the charging circuit. The issue there, though, is that if you aren't using your accessories your voltage could be too high.
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Old 11-01-2017, 11:54 AM   #5
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I'd load test your battery I have stereo with amp and two wake board tower speakers and can blast them all day long while on the course and never have had a problem
What type of battery are you running? whats the amp hours? how often do you have to charge the battery?

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I don't know the exact rating for the Yamaha starter generators, but Club Cars are rated as 17 amps. I would think it's got to be pretty close to that, with the designs so similar. Keep in mind that output is also only at peak RPM, so slowly puttering around the neighborhood you may not have been running enough RPM's to do even that much charging.
That's what i was worried about.. I'm guessing my amp draw is going to come in closer to 20 amps
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Old 11-01-2017, 12:27 PM   #6
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Unsure on the amp hours but it's a 850 cca interstate same battery that starts my truck when it's 20 below 0 in winter I've never had to put a charger on it you may want to throw a volt meter on your battery put it in nuetral and rev it to wide open it should read around 14-15 volts you may have a regulator going bad
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Old 11-01-2017, 12:56 PM   #7
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Get a group 65 battery, and check your running voltage, you may have to turn it up.

The charging current is around 15-20 amps if I recall.

I'm just guessing but around 10 amp or less led
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Old 11-01-2017, 01:16 PM   #8
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Get a group 65 battery, and check your running voltage, you may have to turn it up.

The charging current is around 15-20 amps if I recall.

I'm just guessing but around 10 amp or less led
how do you turn up your running voltage?
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Old 11-01-2017, 01:24 PM   #9
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What cart do you have
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Old 11-01-2017, 01:25 PM   #10
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Yamaha G22a Gas.... i think its an 2006
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