If I upgrade to 42 volts do I leave the solinoid hooked up the stardard way? I know I will have to add a 6 volt charger and move the standard charging system to only charge the 36 volts. will the 36 volt HD solinoid work. I am running a Beast motor and a 650 alltrax controller w/ 2 Gauge cables throughout. Plenty of tourqe but NO speed. Hopin the extra 6 volts will do the trick.
42 or 48 volt upgrade
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Im really thinking of just making the jump to 48...im just not getting the speed out of the BEAST motor. I know it it a tourque motor..but Im only getting about 12mph. guess I'll just bite the bullet and jump to 48 by adding two more 6 volts. anyone know the best place to get a 48 volt EZ-GO TXT charger? Ive seen the ones on ebay that you can switch from 36 to 48...are they any good? Or can would it be ok to just use a 12 volt charger to charge the second two batteries?
That depends on how fast you want to go and how fast you want to get there. Why do you have a monster totque motor in a cart that you want to speed up? I would swap motors out for a nice factory motor and put it on 48 volts. A 36 volt motor on 48 volts will run faster and have about 20% more torque.
I got the tourqe motor because im in the woods and mud a lot. most of the time the cart is off road. its just getting to the area i ride takes forever cause it is about a mile away. ive thought about putting the stock motor back in, but i was afraid the 650amp controller would burn it up.....ive got the program to set the controller so i guess i could always turn it down.......would 48 volts w/ a 650 controller and stock motor work ok.... i know i would lose some of my tourque. I built a cart a few years ago w/ the Beast, 48 volt, and i think 6:1 gears, but it was stock wheels. it would run about 30 mph...according to the police radar.