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12-20-2011, 08:51 PM | #11 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
I figure I might as well ask here instead of opening another thread, if I apply 12 volts DC directly to the golf cart motor, would the golf cart move? I picked up a pretty nice one but no batteries and wanted to test the motor... Oh, and I have a bunch of electrical parts if anyones interested
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12-21-2011, 05:50 AM | #12 | |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
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12-21-2011, 06:43 AM | #13 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
[QUOTE=stevensj13;663611]..........if I apply 12 volts DC directly to the golf cart motor, would the golf cart move?.............../QUOTE]
Maybe so, maybe not. If you jacked the rear wheels off the ground, they might turn, but actually moving the cart is iffy. If the motor was completely unloaded (IE: sitting on a workbench),12VDC would spin it. Also depends on whether it's a series wound or sepex (shunt wound) motor. |
12-21-2011, 10:39 AM | #14 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
I would think running an open-ended motor on a benchtop would cause damage because of a lack of support on the armature. Better to leave it attached to the differential and test it while still in the cart.
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12-21-2011, 12:06 PM | #15 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
Ooops.
My bad - I was thinking electrical rather than mechanical. |
12-21-2011, 12:22 PM | #16 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
Just a casual observation......but this all sounds much to difficult to even do. And besides, if it were even close to "do-able", I would think that the brain trust at one of the cart companies would have done it some time ago.
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12-21-2011, 02:40 PM | #17 |
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Re: Car batteries... Will it work?
The closest we will get is regen braking.
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