So a little background on this cart. I bought this 2005 DS a couple of years ago really cheap. The guy I bought it from installed something in line with the speed sensor to clip the signal and allow it to run faster. He had a loose wire in the weather pack connector, so he thought it was broken and I got a good deal. Fixed the loose wire and the thing runs ~24 MPH, charges fast and goes forever. Great!
Well, one night we were out riding around...my kids have a tendency to kick the switch for this speed sensor modification. I realized that it was in slow, so I put it in fast...this was accompanied by a distinct shudder and it hasn't been the same since. It will take all night to charge, accelerates slow, doesn't go above ~19MPH. Even if I just back it out of the garage and pull it back in, when I plug the charger in, it will take hours for the charger to turn off.
I have tested all of the batteries: Specific gravity- don't remember the numbers, but they were all fine on all cells. Battery voltage- again, don't remember specifics, but they all checked out both loaded and unloaded. Long story short, I don't think the batteries are the problem!
I can hold my own with electrical systems, but am at a loss for what happens in the world of computers!! Replacing everything that confuses me until the problem is fixed will likely be expensive and less than rewarding...I also checked the speed sensor...seems to work fine...even removed the modification to see if that would change anything. Nope!
More recently I have noticed that it is jerking at cruising speeds...like it is losing signal. Nothing tremendous, but noticeable on a smooth road with a corresponding deflection of the battery volt meter...to the right, indicating that power is being cut to the motor. I think this might be separate from the existing condition because I didn't really notice it until after my kids took the cart out in the flooding we had here in October...maybe the accelerator potentiometer is fouled since they did get in some deeper standing water.
I understand this is a fairly long post, but hopefully someone out there can point me in the right direction before my wife makes me go buy her a new one! Thanks in advance!
Well, one night we were out riding around...my kids have a tendency to kick the switch for this speed sensor modification. I realized that it was in slow, so I put it in fast...this was accompanied by a distinct shudder and it hasn't been the same since. It will take all night to charge, accelerates slow, doesn't go above ~19MPH. Even if I just back it out of the garage and pull it back in, when I plug the charger in, it will take hours for the charger to turn off.
I have tested all of the batteries: Specific gravity- don't remember the numbers, but they were all fine on all cells. Battery voltage- again, don't remember specifics, but they all checked out both loaded and unloaded. Long story short, I don't think the batteries are the problem!
I can hold my own with electrical systems, but am at a loss for what happens in the world of computers!! Replacing everything that confuses me until the problem is fixed will likely be expensive and less than rewarding...I also checked the speed sensor...seems to work fine...even removed the modification to see if that would change anything. Nope!
More recently I have noticed that it is jerking at cruising speeds...like it is losing signal. Nothing tremendous, but noticeable on a smooth road with a corresponding deflection of the battery volt meter...to the right, indicating that power is being cut to the motor. I think this might be separate from the existing condition because I didn't really notice it until after my kids took the cart out in the flooding we had here in October...maybe the accelerator potentiometer is fouled since they did get in some deeper standing water.
I understand this is a fairly long post, but hopefully someone out there can point me in the right direction before my wife makes me go buy her a new one! Thanks in advance!