How To Select The Right Golf Cart Battery For Your Golf Cart
Why Chosing The Right Golf Cart Battery Is Important
Troubleshooting your existing battery charger
First things– first. When your golf cart battery charger quits working you will certainly need to identify why. It is also crucial to know because it is not constantly the battery charger that misbehaves. There are a great deal of typical issues that can trigger your golf cart battery charger to quit working.
Inspect the fee
Most typical are things like the air conditioning power supply has been interrupted. (Power Surge, blown or stood out fuse or breaker ), DC side voltage to reduced– Meaning the batteries in your golf cart are so reduced the battery charger does not know it is also linked into your golf cart to start to charge. See our FAQ for much more detailed information on this scenario and also just how to correct the situation.
Examining cables
If these are not usual problems related to why your charger is not functioning you will certainly require to move forward with your search. Pete constantly recommends examining the conductor cables between batteries. They are all linked to develop the combined power supply for your golf cart. If one is bad or shed connection with the batteries it will create whatever to quit working. So if your golf cart is not moving anymore this could be the perpetrator. Or could simply be the cables going from the charger receptacle to the batteries on the cart where you connect in the charger
Selecting a brand-new charger.
After these fundamental searches have actually been done you can assume the worst (your battery charger is dead) and currently you require to start trying to find a substitute. Points to know before you start the search.
What year, make and also design golf cart do you possess?
If you do not know you will certainly need to figure out what kind of golf cart you have. The big 3 makes are Club Car, Ezgo and also Yamaha. There are numerous ways to determine the make and also version. Typically you will certainly find some type of branding or badging on the golf cart. The establish the year or design particularly you will normally have the ability to locate a serial number sticker (On Club Cars above the pedal put together under the dash or on the passenger side dashboard support upright– which resembles a white sticker label with a barcode on it) Ezgo carts you can normally discover an identification number plaque inside the guest side glove box area. Yamaha depending upon the year and also model are normally somewhere under the seat in the battery or engine hold area.
Keep in mind– this action is usually just needed to make certain you obtain the appropriate battery charger for the Club Car carts that make use of the round 3 pin battery charger connectors since some carts (between 1995 as well as 2014 have a OBC or Onboard computer system to tell the charger when to activate as well as shut off).
What is the operating voltage of your golf cart?
This is conveniently figured out by looking under the seat of your cart as well as counting batteries and also cell caps.
As an example if you count 6 (6) batteries and also each battery has 3 (3) round caps on each you will currently know those are 6 volt batteries. So 6 x 6 volts = 36 volt system. So you would need a 36 volt golf cart battery charger. (The voltage of the cart have to match the voltage output on the battery charger you purchase.).
On 48 volt golf carts some feature four (4) batteries which are 12 volts each. Or 6 (6) 8 volt batteries. Once more this can be figured out by the individual cell caps on each battery. A 12 volt battery will certainly have 6 and also a 8 volt battery will have 4. All golf cart batteries are consisted of 2 volt cells. So being a 6 volt battery will have 3 cells, as well as a 8 volt battery will have 4 cells after that finally a 12 volt battery will have 6 cells.
Confirm and compare the port the you will plug into the golf cart charging port.
Primarily you can figure out all thee above by just knowing what connector your existing golf cart battery charger utilizes. Though is smart to double check by looking under the seat and counting batteries to be sure. This is generally due to the fact that the majority of people purchase the golf cart made use of and do not truly understand what the previous owner did to it. We have actually seen numerous times where a client had a charger that utilized a 36 volt plug on a cart that was transformed to 48 volts.
Popular Connector Shapes as well as Styles and also what they represent.
Club Car Golf Cart Battery Chargers have either a crowsfoot adapter which indicates it is older as well as came as a 36 volt golf cart. or a round 3 (3) pin port which implies it is a 48 volt golf cart.
Ezgo golf cart battery chargers will additionally utilize a crowsfoot adapter which indicates it is additionally an older cart as well as 36 volts. However they additionally utilize what is referred to as a D36 or TxT port that is rectangular designed and rounded on one side with 2 rounded pins one inside each of two ports in the front of connector.
This is also a 36 volt connector used on the popular TxT model golf cart. Now if you have an Ezgo golf cart that has a rectangular 2 pin adapter with a port eliminated right down the center or a triangular 3 pin connector you have a more recent design 48 volt golf cart.
Yamaha golf cart battery chargers are likewise discovered with a crowsfoot connector which suggests it is once again an older cart and also 36 volts. (Before 1990 alot of the golf carts manufactured where 36 volt systems and all made use of the crowsfoot port system.) But typically Yamaha golf cart today are all 48 volt systems. One makes use of the Nabson plug adapter which appears like a fisher price pair of plaything binoculars. 2 pin design. Or the newer Drive carts came with a 3 pin connector that looks kinda like a 3 leaf clover. or some claim a square with rounded edges. in either case these are 48 volt systems.
What happens if you can not discover the adapter on the battery charger or see that it is wired directly to the batteries on the golf cart?
No Fears. This simply indicates your golf cart has what they call an Onboard battery charger. So you will require to either find the charger itself as well as read the specs off the battery charger or count the batteries as well as the cell caps as explained in this short article over. In either case it is still not big of a work to change the charger in your golf cart. Many are very simple and easy to set up and make use of. Most typical today are the Delta Q brand name chargers found in onboard applications on carts like the Ezgo or the Tomberlin brand name golf cart. Lester electrical actually has a wonderful new onboard battery charger called the Top Series II which even comes with Bluetooth connection. So times are transforming as well as the golf cart battery charger of yesterday is practically gone as companies make newer more secure much more effective chargers. Which is great for the golf cart proprietor because some are even created to charge or keep your batteries while you are away on vacation or elsewhere for long periods of time.