12-21-2021, 08:20 PM | #1 |
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I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
Hi! New member plus new golf cart owner here. We recently purchased a 2021 I40L cart. I have also purchased an Ecoxgear sound bar to mount inside the cart. My question is, does anyone have a set up they used when installing? Where did you mount it? Where did you run the wires? Where did you get your power from? Did you use the factory converter or did you buy a new one? Did you include toggle (on/off) switches? Really I am looking for someone to help me with install instructions and hopefully a picture of the finished result? I thought I better get some advice on here before I just started drilling holes and splicing wires...lol. Any and all help is very much appreciated!! Thanks!
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12-22-2021, 09:57 AM | #2 | |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
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12-22-2021, 10:43 AM | #3 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
Search ecoxgear in this section of the forum. There are several posts detailing what people have done.
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12-22-2021, 11:24 AM | #4 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
Yes I've read through some of the posts, but I can't seem to find anything on exactly HOW they wired it in. I'd like to just splice in on the bottom of the voltage reducer, but I am hesitant to just start cutting wires. Does anyone have any finished pictures or diagrams on how they wired it up?
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12-22-2021, 11:28 AM | #5 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
We bought the ECOXGEAR SoundExtreme SE26. It states it has 500 watts of peak power. I don't want to start blowing fuses. Is this too much to wire with the factory voltage reducer?
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12-22-2021, 03:30 PM | #6 | |
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Nilight - 50004R 120 Pcs/60 Pairs... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CP987BN...p_mob_ap_share Honestly I’d go second reducer so you don’t have to mess up the factory reducer and harness. It’s easy to connect. Yellow to main positive of all batteries. Black main negative of all batteries. Red goes to your accessory or fuse block Blue gets crimped off unless you have a car radio Green I ran a wire to front of cart and added a spade connector to one of the 48v key power under dash which is for wiper I think. That way you can have room to grow and or just attach your sound bar directly to it. |
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12-22-2021, 04:47 PM | #7 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
I agree on the second reducer. I think I'd be drawing too many amps if I wired it to the factory one. Just ordered parts from Amazon. Supposedly they will be here before Christmas but we will see! Lol
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12-22-2021, 05:55 PM | #8 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
You do not need a second reducer.
The onboard reducer outputs 300w at 12v (see ICON video for details), which is ~25 amps. The factory onboard accessories draw ~5 amps. That leaves 15-25amps available. ICON recommends leaving 5amps buffer, so you have 15 amps to safely work with on the factory reducer. The Ecoxgear soundbars (18" & 26") take 12v @ 10 amps, which falls under the recommended 15 amps and well under the 20 amps. I also have been running an Ecoxgear soundbar on my own cart for months on the factory reducer with no issues as a real world example. This post does not consider if you have other non-factory 12v accessories as you will need to add those amps up, but most likely the sound bar is the highest drawing. |
12-25-2021, 01:34 PM | #9 | |
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12-29-2021, 01:44 AM | #10 |
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Re: I40L Ecoxgear Speaker Bar
I finally had free time today to wire mine up. I went ahead and bought a second voltage reducer as well as another fuse block. I'm pretty sure I bought the same voltage reducer that is pictured in the post above. The wiring for the voltage reducer is relatively easy. The only curveball they give is you have to run the green wire to a switched 36 or 48 volt source so the reducer will turn on and off with the key. If you take the cup holder panel off (it just clips in) you will find 3 wires (2 red and 1 brown) that are not being used and I'm assuming are just there for additional accessories. I spliced into one of those red wires. I was reading 36 volts off of it. Worked like a charm! My soundbar had in inline 15 Amp fuse that I had to cut off to feed my wires where I wanted them. Like I say I bought an additional fuse block so this wasn't a big deal. I do feel better having the second reducer. At some point we will probably add some ground lighting and possibly another speaker. I will definitely have plenty of amps to work with bow and won't have to rewire anything, just add to it. I can send pics of you want. Just let me know!
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