does anyone know anything about a battery operated golf cart?
Does anyone know anything about a battery operated golf cart?
My battery operated golf cart can be running along and it will keep coming to a halt as though u have appied the brakes, then just press the gas pedal and off u go, but it does it continuely only when u press the gas,coasting along it doesn't, can some one help
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2.2.2010
Best Answer – Chosen by Voters Sounds like you have a loose wiring connection somewhere. Inspect all the wires and connections under the seat and at the accelerator pedal and key switch>
2.2.2010
Although I am not familiar with golf carts per se I don't think it can be much different from an electric wheelchair so that is what I am basing my answer on. When power is applied you usually hear a click. That is a solenoid or a relay which gives power to the drive motor or motors. If the cart cuts out for no reason I would say either the relay or solonoid is bad or there is a loose or corroded connection either going to or coming from the relay. One clue might be if you hear a click when it shuts off. If that is happening then the relay is disengaging either because it is bad internally or it has lost its connection with the battery. If there is no click then the relay is still active and the motor has lost power because of a bad connection after the relay. A wheelchair has 2 motors, one for each rear wheel. I don't know how many a golf cart has because a cart has a front wheel used for steering whereas a wheelchair operates one drive wheel or another in order to make a turn. I would think the application of power to the motors would be the same so I'd say it was either a bad relay, a bad connection going to or from the relay, a bad switch which operates the relay from the foot pedal, or possibly a bad connection going to or from the foot pedal switch. I am inclined to think it is the foot pedal switch because the relay simply allows power to go to the motors while the foot switch will vary the amount of power to control the speed, acting in the same manner as a volume control. You said the cart is okay when it is cruising along but cuts out only when you apply the pedal such as when increasing speed so I would check the foot pedal switch first.