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  • cart overheating? Gaminde- Andy???

    What a strange thing I got going on here. I just bought a ezgo cart. The plate says its a 95 ( K2895). However I am sure it is on a western chassis. the cart is 42 volts, the body of the cart is metal and has a "Freedom" decal on the body.

    I put 7 new six volt batteries in the cart. It runs at 13 mph, and it has a ezgo 2 hp motor ( its a dog).

    Here is what is going on : The cart will run fine, without any problems at all. UNTIL you charge it. Once you hook the charger up to it and it charges for awhile, I removed the charger, because i was going to put it in the garage. I tried to go, but cart would not go anywhere. When the key is on , in forward or reverse, the solenoid clicks everytime you step on the pedal. But still no go. Once the cart sits for awhile ( at least 15 minutes), then it will go and everything is fine.

    This happened to me 3 times, and all 3 times, after the charger was on for awhile ( i unplugged it early to move cart) vart won't go until it sits for awhile.

    It is almost like there is some sort of heat thing going on here, once it sits, cools down, whatever, it will go. I just sold this cart to a customer, and I need to fix this for him. what i did check, The pot box micro goes from 0 to 1.7, the other 2 micro switches have continuity etc. It seems like a heat issue of some kind??

    Can someone tell me wht to do, what to check, etc. I did replace the solenoid, but that wasn't the problem.

    Thanks

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    Take the 7 battery out of the cart. It's got over voltage on the controller. The 36 volt controller can't go over about 42 volts and it will kick into over voltage. Then after you have pressed the pedal a few times the surface charge of the batteries has droped off and it's good to go.That 7 battery is a waste anyway it's taking charge away from the other 6 batteries and before long they will all be bad again.

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