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Old 10-06-2020, 11:58 AM   #1
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Default Adding LED lights

So I am working on getting LED lights added to my cart. After some trial & error I figured out that I needed a 48 to 12 step down converter in order to get them to run properly. Order one that was highly rated on Amazon and when hooking it up I followed the including instructions but there was a good bit of sparking and the converter had some liquid that shot out of it with a weird battery acid kind of smell.

Did I get a bad converter?
Did I do something wrong?

Anyone have any advice on how to get this setup?
Any recommendations for a good converter?
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Old 10-06-2020, 12:51 PM   #2
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Default Re: Adding LED lights

Did you get a five or four wire version? Sounds like you got a bad one, but without knowing how you wired it, it's impossible to know. I think Revolution sells one...you're likely better off returning what you have and getting that one. I recommend 5 wire.
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Old 10-06-2020, 01:54 PM   #3
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there was a good bit of sparking and the converter had some liquid that shot out of it with a weird battery acid kind of smell.
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Old 10-06-2020, 02:30 PM   #4
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Did you get a five or four wire version? Sounds like you got a bad one, but without knowing how you wired it, it's impossible to know. I think Revolution sells one...you're likely better off returning what you have and getting that one. I recommend 5 wire.
4 wire. If I recall correctly, I wired to the negative on the 1st battery and the positive on the last battery in the chain. Sparks & spewing happened when connecting to the last battery.
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Old 10-06-2020, 05:23 PM   #5
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Default Re: Adding LED lights

There are a lot of good videos on YouTube about this. And they all say to expect the spark.
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Old 10-06-2020, 08:50 PM   #6
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Default Re: Adding LED lights

I have two DS Carts and installed this on both of them in the Summer, they seem to work fine. Yes you do get a spark when you first connect.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Old 10-11-2020, 10:34 AM   #7
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Does the converter need to be mounted to any specific type of surface?
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I would not recommend mounting it to the tire.
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Old 10-11-2020, 05:44 PM   #9
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I would not recommend mounting it to the tire.
Ha! Thanks for the chuckle!
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