Street Legal Light kit Question

[Pupi305]

Good Morning!

Have a quick I installed the front and rear light kit on my golf cart and I was riding with my kids and all of a sudden it lights cut off and noticed it blew the fuse. I went ahead and replaced the fuse and it burnt out again. Any idea what could be causing this?

I wired it as followed:

Positive to one of the batteries and negative to the battery in the rear so it can be 12 volt. Did I wire it wrong? I also notice that the horn stops working when the batteries die out a bit you can hear it trying to honk but won’t unless I take my foot of the gas.

Thanks in advance for your anticipated help.

[Swan]

to me it sounds like a battery issue more then a wiring issue (its right but wrong). the draw that you are putting the batteries while moving is pulling all everything its got and not giving the horn enough power to work. I would guess your batteries are at least a few years old and showing there wear.

the reason i say that the wiring is right but still wrong is its right as far as getting 12 volt but wrong because you should not use two batteries to make 12 volt. You should user a reducer across the whole pack to get 12 volt. when you use only two batteries for lights and so on , they get drawn down further then the other four. when charging the four charge up quicker and start to boil away waiting for the other two to catch up .

[Pupi305]

Batteries are brand new I bought the cart with bad batteries so i put them on less than a year ago. Do you have a recommendation on a reducer?

[Pupi305]

Originally Posted by Swan

to me it sounds like a battery issue more then a wiring issue (its right but wrong). the draw that you are putting the batteries while moving is pulling all everything its got and not giving the horn enough power to work. I would guess your batteries are at least a few years old and showing there wear.

the reason i say that the wiring is right but still wrong is its right as far as getting 12 volt but wrong because you should not use two batteries to make 12 volt. You should user a reducer across the whole pack to get 12 volt. when you use only two batteries for lights and so on , they get drawn down further then the other four. when charging the four charge up quicker and start to boil away waiting for the other two to catch up .

What do you think of this one? I also thought I needed a voltage regulator.

[orangeman6]

It sounds like you’re asking about a specific reducer, but there’s no link.

https://www.cartsunlimited.net/

The link above is a great place for parts and has a lot of information.

It does sound like you might have a battery issue even though they are only a year old. How else do you explain them struggling to sound a horn? What is the pack voltage? You should also check it while the cart is under load. There are lots of examples of bad batteries straight off of the truck.

[Pupi305]

Originally Posted by orangeman6

It sounds like you’re asking about a specific reducer, but there’s no link.

https://www.cartsunlimited.net/

The link above is a great place for parts and has a lot of information.

It does sound like you might have a battery issue even though they are only a year old. How else do you explain them struggling to sound a horn? What is the pack voltage? You should also check it while the cart is under load. There are lots of examples of bad batteries straight off of the truck.

Thanks I will check them and go check that site. I appreciate the help.

[orangeman6]

It was the horn dying out that points to the batteries (or a battery) being weak. I wouldn’t think that would explain the fuse repeatedly blowing, but I’m not an expert. Which two batteries are you hooked to?

[Swan]

this reducer works great : https://www.cartsunlimited.net/12v-reducers.html


you say the batteries are new(ish) how often are you charging and checking the water levels. I added a voltage chart to you can see where your batteries are at .