2006 Ezgo troubles duane01

[duane01]

Hi, I have 2006 ezgo 36v golf cart. After replacing 3 batteries and charging, cart ran fine. I brought cart home, drove around a while on one day, Then the next day, cart was showing 1/2 full on gauge. I plugged in charger and got a diagnostic light of 2 red then pause on charger. I then checked voltage across all batteries showing 36v. while gauge is showing 1/2 full charge. charger is still showing 2 blinking reds then pause. Any help needed and appreciated. Duane

[dougmcp]

to GCF duane!
If you have the Powerwise QE charger, 2 flashes indicate battery voltage too low to start. The seems strange as you said you have 36v and it should start right down to 27v.
The Powerwise QE doesn't have a very good reputation for reliability.
Please confirm the type of charger you have and we can go from there.
The gauge only resets when it get to a certain voltage during the charge cycle.

[duane01]

dougmcp that is what I have a PowerWise QE. Just a question how did it work, and now take a vacation. I have had the cart since June of 2011. I would be very thankful for all help. Duane

[andy4639]

First off take a meter and make sure the pack has plenty of juice. 1/2 charge of 36=18 volts right, so check the pack and see.

[duane01]

doug the voltage seems to be fine when the batteries are tested. i've read on some of the other people problems they have replaced a circut board and it seem to take care of their's. could that be a problem and where is it at?

[andy4639]

Here is a picture for the charger board.

The board is the one with the black plastic cube on it.

[duane01]

Andy I am going to try and send you a pic. of mine, I took it apart. One thing mine is a 96 because I seen the date on the green board, but also my charger is only 10 1/2" long & 4". Your's seems to be square. So is there else because of that? Thanks

[duane01]

one thing I said that it was a 96, it is a 06. do you have a cell phone # my wife can send a pic. that way Thanks

[dougmcp]

Does your charger look like this?

[duane01]

dougmcp that is it. Duane

[dougmcp]

I don't have much experience with that charger.
I do know that they have been problems for the Ezgo dealers and no one has found a repair solution for them. The only option I know of if it's not working is to get another charger.

The fault code you are getting indicates battery voltage too low or too high.
Have you tried cleaning the contacts on the charger plug and receptacle, it is a known issue.
Here's the manual on that charger (sorry it's fuzzy), look at the cleaning contacts on page 4.

[andy4639]

Check the pack voltage.
If it's less than 30volts put a 12 volt charger on 2 of the batteries and try charging them up. The older batteries may not be charging like the new ones.

[ezgokid]

If your meter says half voltage, which is 18v, and doug says they start at 27v, then the pack is too low to start.

[duane01]

hey thanks to all help that everyone was trying to give me. what I came up with was the charger, the owner of the shop where I bought told me that it was very unreliable. He had a whole pile of them that did not work. I got another charger and it seems to be working now. Thanks

[dougmcp]

Glad you're back up and charging.
These chargers have been a bit of a headache for Ezgo.

[andy4639]

Yea not one of EZGO's best chargers by a long way!

Glad you got it going though!

[gaminde]

Andy do you have one if so I would like to see a Picture of the insides. From the size I would think it might be a switching charger small or no transformer.