Shelley&Steve
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2001 EZGO TXT 36 volt cart. Bought used, have had intermittent issues and have replaced Fwd/Rev switch, and Solenoid, which fixed problems temporarily.
This time, it's completely dead.
We do get a clicking solenoid, and it checks good with multimeter. Solenoid resistor checks good
Each battery tests above 6 v individually, plus the bank tests 37 volts.
We did the "12 volt test" on the motor and it runs
Ignition appears to be working
We first thought the problem was the throttle sensor, replaced it, still nothing.
Replaced several of the 4 ga wires to the motor and batteries just in case those were bad or previously damaged. Still nothing.
Finally spent the $300 + to replace the speed controller, assuming that had to be it, and still nothing.
We are running out of things to check or replace!
We've been all over this thing with the multimeter. We have continuity from the speed controller to the ignition and throttle.
We've watched a million you tube videos, studied the wiring schematics, etc. Can't find anything that points to a problem. We did run into one tutorial that suggested checking the motor for internal shorts by touching meter neg to the frame, and supposedly it should be zero. We read 9-10 pos volts. BUT even though that test supposedly suggests the motor is bad, when we test the motor with jumper cables (Pos battery to A2, Negative to S1) the motor turns the wheels.
So with all these new parts, good batteries, etc, what else is there to check???
Anybody have any ideas?
This time, it's completely dead.
We do get a clicking solenoid, and it checks good with multimeter. Solenoid resistor checks good
Each battery tests above 6 v individually, plus the bank tests 37 volts.
We did the "12 volt test" on the motor and it runs
Ignition appears to be working
We first thought the problem was the throttle sensor, replaced it, still nothing.
Replaced several of the 4 ga wires to the motor and batteries just in case those were bad or previously damaged. Still nothing.
Finally spent the $300 + to replace the speed controller, assuming that had to be it, and still nothing.
We are running out of things to check or replace!
We've been all over this thing with the multimeter. We have continuity from the speed controller to the ignition and throttle.
We've watched a million you tube videos, studied the wiring schematics, etc. Can't find anything that points to a problem. We did run into one tutorial that suggested checking the motor for internal shorts by touching meter neg to the frame, and supposedly it should be zero. We read 9-10 pos volts. BUT even though that test supposedly suggests the motor is bad, when we test the motor with jumper cables (Pos battery to A2, Negative to S1) the motor turns the wheels.
So with all these new parts, good batteries, etc, what else is there to check???
Anybody have any ideas?