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11-24-2014, 09:57 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Christmas lights and battery problems
I put 5 strands of regular, non-LED, lights on my EZ-GO st sport gas engine cart and now my battery dies every time I stop running the cart (pushing the cart home stinks). The inverter is a 12v 50 amp to 410 watt converter. The battery is a interstate sp35r. I looked up to see if the battery was the wrong one or if I could find an "upgrade" battery without luck. Any help is appreciated!
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11-25-2014, 04:01 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Washington State
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Re: Christmas lights and battery problems
hi znb,
I dont think a larger battery will help, your problem is your cart generator is only rated 15A, your are problem drawing 30A when cart is running,so your battery is depleted when you stop. Your options are reduce number of regular lights or change to led lights ,install a 120V honda generator on cart temporally, install 60A auto alternator on cart. |
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11-25-2014, 05:37 PM
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Gone Wild
 Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 385
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Re: Christmas lights and battery problems
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My gas cart has LED's wired (with a fuse) to the battery. For my Dad's electric Tomberlin, we wired the same type of LED's to a sealed Gel motorcycle battery that is mounted in the glove box. It held a charge the entire year. |
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11-28-2014, 08:38 AM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 391
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Re: Christmas lights and battery problems
No expert here either but I assume Its not the lights, its the inverter. My inverter is consuming energy even when nothing is hooked to it. You also lose voltage in the conversion.
get 12 v LED and you would likely be fine! |
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12-02-2014, 09:03 AM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 34
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Re: Christmas lights and battery problems
thanks. just had the old lights laying around. LEDs are more expensive but I may need to go that route
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12-04-2014, 05:37 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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Re: Christmas lights and battery problems
I used Electro Luminescent wire for halloween. Run off of my 12v battery.
I am going to use the same for my Christmas decorations on the golf cart. I have 6 runs that are 11 meters long each. Roughly 35feet long each of continuous lighting, red or green. Should be plenty for the golf cart and the float. Each run pulls around 1 amp at 12v IIRC. So it is nearly 1/10th of the power used to run my headlights! |
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