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Old 12-28-2008, 05:48 PM   #1
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Default Battery Charging Question

Bought a 2002 Club Car today , Batteries are low two bars blinking on dash indicator, "power drive" charger not kicking on, I understand that if the batts are too low the charger won't turn on. How do I charge two batteries at a time to bring them up? Do I need to disconnect them from the cart ? Help a newbie out .........Thanks
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Old 12-28-2008, 05:57 PM   #2
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I think you have it backwards. If your batteries State OF Charge is too high, then some chargers will not initiate a charge cycle.
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:14 PM   #3
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I read a post by zachgege from May of this year on this site , is this bad information ?
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:39 PM   #4
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You're right about the how the charge works, ridge. The charger has a relay in it that uses a little juice from the batteries to kick on the charger. If they're too dead, it won't come on.

I think you can just put the cart in the "Tow" position to charge the batteries, but I'd disconnect them to be safe.
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Old 12-28-2008, 06:40 PM   #5
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Check the fuse between the charger input and batteries. Or it could be the batteries are toast and cannot take a charge. Or the battery charger itself is at fault.
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Old 12-28-2008, 07:39 PM   #6
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thank you for all the replies, I have ordered six new batteries and am taking the charger in tomorrow for a bench check. I am eventually going to trick out this cart and can see this site is going to be very helpful. Thanks again !
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Old 12-29-2008, 09:30 AM   #7
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Default Re: Battery Charging Question

What is the Voltage reading across the entire pack ?
The Charger needs 34 volts across the relay to come on .
There is a procedure to bypass the charger relay, search this forum you should find it.
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