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06-07-2019, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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48 to 12V reducer wiring
My cart has been having charging issues. I believe it could be due to the way I connected my 48-12V reducer to the battery pack. I connected the Pos and negative straight to the battery packs, thus bypassing the OBC. Basically I have a 48V cart, and 6x 8V batteries, I connecte the Pos to the first in line battery and the neg to the last in line battery. Should I move one of these wires to somewhere else so the OBC is accounting for the voltage being used by the accessories connected to the Reducer?
I went to the Revolution website (Thanks TahoeDawg) and I had it wired just like the directions on the site. So this brings me to back to my original problem, which is my Powerdrive charger will run only for a short amount of time. When I plug it it, I hear the click, and voltage jumps from 0 to approx 15V. Sometimes this will run for 2-3 minutes, and sometimes almost instantly, it just drops back to 0V, and then wont kick back in. The charger makes a constant hum, but doesnt apply Voltage anymore. Thanks! |
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06-07-2019, 05:13 PM | #2 |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
Yes, the Positive can go to the Battery side large post of the solenoid and the Negative can go to the B- at the controller. The OBC will the account for the energy units used on your converter.
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06-08-2019, 10:31 AM | #3 |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
We have the same model cart and similar upgrades. As Nole stated, you can connect the 48 volt positive to the solenoid or leave it connected to the pack positive battery post as you have done. I elected to use the battery post for easy access to the in-line fuse. Just raise the seat to check vs crawling up under the cart to check if you have something blocking the access hatch above the controller.
Wire the negative to the B- terminal on the controller as suggested. |
06-08-2019, 11:05 AM | #4 | |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
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When you move the Neg to the B- you will have the pack disconnected. This will reset the OBC and may help. |
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06-08-2019, 02:50 PM | #5 | |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
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As for the Cart, I completely removed the Voltage Reducer, and disco the pack for 10 minutes, reconnected the pack, and charged. It has been charging for 16 hours or so now, and my pack is back up to 60.1V. This is amazing, I have never seen the pack get that high, even new. I now think that my old batteries were in fact, not bad, just this issue, as I didnt rewire when getting new batteries. I did the compelte rewire before. So appareantly my Voltage reducer wired the way I had it was the culprit. I am going to rewire with the + coming from the solenoid and the - going to the B- on Controller. Thanks again to everyone who responded, and for anyone having a similar problem, try this, as it works. |
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06-08-2019, 05:54 PM | #6 |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
And not long after 16 hours it will time out and shut off. This is by design. Just use it a little and place it back on charge. It should then easily finish the full charge and turn off automatically. If it does not, please let us know as something else is amiss in the OBC.
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06-08-2019, 08:29 PM | #7 | |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
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I went ahead and move the Reducer wiring, it is now wired as follows: Pos(+) to the (+) of battery pack. Neg(-) to the B- of Altrax 400IQ controller. |
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06-08-2019, 10:05 PM | #8 | |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
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Your connections are good, but I would have placed the Pos (+) on the battery side of the solenoid to keep anything not required from being connected to the MPP post. (Corrosion too!) |
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06-08-2019, 11:42 PM | #9 |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
Why is this important for the OBC to account for the energy used.
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06-09-2019, 12:10 AM | #10 | |
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Re: 48 to 12V reducer wiring
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Think about this, if you go for a night stroll, and you use 1% of your battery capacity to run the lights, if you have it wired outside of the OBC, then you lose that 1% battery upon recharge. Think about doing this 30 times, now all the sudden, you can only recharge to 70%. I had a few nights where we rode for hours, with the LEDS on, so I was probably down to about 35-40 of what my batteries should have been, when fully recharged. A full recharge would get me about 47.8V. Now, it has me back to over 52V. This really worked well... |
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