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03-10-2010, 10:50 AM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Powerdrive 3 charger problem
I have a 2009 Champion Edition Club Car Precedent, it has the Lester Powerdrive 3 charger with it. I was working in my shop while charging the cart, and all of a sudden the charger started smoking. I opened it up and the rectifier was nearly melted. I looked at some of my other powerdrive 3 chargers, and some of them had 2 of the older style diode bars in them, I was just wondering if anyone might could help point me to the solution of why my rectifier melted.
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03-10-2010, 04:19 PM | #2 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Powerdrive 3 charger problem
OVERLOAD, SHORT things gets dust on them and dust can short and burn. Would check for a dead short in charger after rectifier, then check cart for a short but has a fuse in it to stop overload.
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03-10-2010, 05:13 PM | #3 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Powerdrive 3 charger problem
I can't see find anything shorted out in the charger, and the cart is okay, other chargers work fine on the same cart. I am wondering if Club Car might be having problems with some of these chargers, being that some of the others ones have a different heat sink in them. This one has me puzzled.
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03-11-2010, 07:01 AM | #4 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Powerdrive 3 charger problem
Sounds to me like it shorted in the transformer then but you need to ohm out to be sure.
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03-11-2010, 09:43 AM | #5 |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Powerdrive 3 charger problem
I think you hit it right. I put a new rectifier in the charger, and it didn't smoke this one, but the charger just hums, and the ammeter doesn't move, and the charger isn't charging at all. I think I have transformer problem.
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03-11-2010, 10:01 AM | #6 |
just leave me alone
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Re: PowerDrive 3 charger problem
It's nice when people solve their own problems
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