Hi, wonder if anyone could help me out on this 36 volt to 48 volt golf cart conversion.
I recently got a 1992 Electric DS Club Car which was 36 volts. I wanted to convert it to 48 volts so it would have a little more power for hauling and the hills. This is the equipment I purchased: Controller, Solenoid, Motor, Heavy Duty F/R switch, Lestronic 48 volt charger (with 2 prong plug) and
some heavy gauge wire.
I replaced everything and then put the six 8 volt trojan batteries in. I charged it up with my charger, and it seemed to go fine. However, after taking on a short test drive, it died. Upon checking it out, I found the wires in the harness that go from the F/R switch, and back had melted into 1 wire. I called a local golf cart repair place who came and looked at it. What they found was, one of the wires in the harness had a nic on it and shorted/burnt out when it touched the frame of the cart, causing a domino effect on the others. They took it to their shop to put a new harness in it.
They told me that the configuration of the cart is not good because I am charging it like a 36 volt cart. I explained to them that I bought a Lestronic 48 volt charger that had a 2 prong plug, but they still said it was not right. They told me I need to get an on board computer going to a 3 prong receptacle on my cart, and a 3 prong charger, or else I won't get a full 48 volts out of the batteries.
I don't see why what I am doing wouldn't work just as well. It's a 48 volt charger charging a 48 volt bank of batteries, just with a 2 prong plug instead of the 3 prong that you usually see. I have heard of other people doing exactly what I did. Does anyone have any input on this? Would what I am doing work as well as how they are telling me to do it?
If anyone has any input on this please respond asap as I will be talking to the repair center tomorrow (11/18/09) afternoon after they put the new harness in. Thanks in advance!
I recently got a 1992 Electric DS Club Car which was 36 volts. I wanted to convert it to 48 volts so it would have a little more power for hauling and the hills. This is the equipment I purchased: Controller, Solenoid, Motor, Heavy Duty F/R switch, Lestronic 48 volt charger (with 2 prong plug) and
some heavy gauge wire.
I replaced everything and then put the six 8 volt trojan batteries in. I charged it up with my charger, and it seemed to go fine. However, after taking on a short test drive, it died. Upon checking it out, I found the wires in the harness that go from the F/R switch, and back had melted into 1 wire. I called a local golf cart repair place who came and looked at it. What they found was, one of the wires in the harness had a nic on it and shorted/burnt out when it touched the frame of the cart, causing a domino effect on the others. They took it to their shop to put a new harness in it.
They told me that the configuration of the cart is not good because I am charging it like a 36 volt cart. I explained to them that I bought a Lestronic 48 volt charger that had a 2 prong plug, but they still said it was not right. They told me I need to get an on board computer going to a 3 prong receptacle on my cart, and a 3 prong charger, or else I won't get a full 48 volts out of the batteries.
I don't see why what I am doing wouldn't work just as well. It's a 48 volt charger charging a 48 volt bank of batteries, just with a 2 prong plug instead of the 3 prong that you usually see. I have heard of other people doing exactly what I did. Does anyone have any input on this? Would what I am doing work as well as how they are telling me to do it?
If anyone has any input on this please respond asap as I will be talking to the repair center tomorrow (11/18/09) afternoon after they put the new harness in. Thanks in advance!
