Hi everyone. I just bought a 1996 Club Car DS (36V), and it was working very well for a week or so. Then it just died.
What it does now is move very slowly for just a foot or so when fully charged.
Because it was running so well, and then just stopped, I have been operating on the assumption that the batteries are okay. Do they just up and die suddenly? The previous owner (an elderly, trustworthy guy) told me the batteries were only two years old. Here is what I've done:
- First I convinced myself that the forward-reverse switch was bad, so I changed it. No help
- Then I convinced myself that the solenoid was bad, so I changed it. Again no help.
- When I connect the batteries directly to the motor, with the wheels jacked up, the wheels spin forward, but not backwards. The wheels don't spin at all when they are on the ground.
- When I measure the voltage across the fully-charged battery pack, it's over 38V. Each battery is around 6.5V. When I step on the accelerator and measure voltage, it's 33V across the pack, and something like 5.4V across each battery. Seems like there must be current flowing somewhere (the resistance coils get hot but the motor doesn't seem to do anything.
I must have batteries that are bad, a motor that needs to be refurbished bad brushes?), or maybe there's something wrong with the speed control switch. I don't know how to rule any of the above out.
Anyone got an idea? Help me!!! :)
What it does now is move very slowly for just a foot or so when fully charged.
Because it was running so well, and then just stopped, I have been operating on the assumption that the batteries are okay. Do they just up and die suddenly? The previous owner (an elderly, trustworthy guy) told me the batteries were only two years old. Here is what I've done:
- First I convinced myself that the forward-reverse switch was bad, so I changed it. No help
- Then I convinced myself that the solenoid was bad, so I changed it. Again no help.
- When I connect the batteries directly to the motor, with the wheels jacked up, the wheels spin forward, but not backwards. The wheels don't spin at all when they are on the ground.
- When I measure the voltage across the fully-charged battery pack, it's over 38V. Each battery is around 6.5V. When I step on the accelerator and measure voltage, it's 33V across the pack, and something like 5.4V across each battery. Seems like there must be current flowing somewhere (the resistance coils get hot but the motor doesn't seem to do anything.
I must have batteries that are bad, a motor that needs to be refurbished bad brushes?), or maybe there's something wrong with the speed control switch. I don't know how to rule any of the above out.
Anyone got an idea? Help me!!! :)