36 or 48 Volt Voltage Reducer | How To Install Video Tutorial | Golf Cart Voltage Reducer
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- How to install a voltage reducer on a 36 and 48 volt golf cart electrical system. This video tutorial will walk you through steps making your installation a breeze. Our voltage reducers are made to fit Club Car, EZGO, and Yamaha electric golf cart models.
Finally the answer as to why one doesn't just use 2 of the 6 batteries for 12 volt addons. Good job.
Scott Zeiger well its very simple why you dont want to do that. When you do it the way you said, you take power out of 2 batteries and the whole pack will become unequal in charge. When a person spends 500 to 1000 dollars on a set of batteries, they dont want to do stupid things that cause pre-mature battery failure. Simple as that.
You should always hook up the positive up first then ground last so when it arcs it arcs to the ground side
Golf carts don't use a chassis ground, so it doesn't really matter. Just make sure the circuit has no load on it and there shouldn't be any arcing.
Love your video's , Don't you think you should hook the Positive side to the batteries before hooking up the Negative side first , only because of the gasses from the batteries
What about hooking it down to the ignition so it won't have constant power to it
So this volt reducer is a must before installing the light kit on a electric Ezgo?
Been enjoying your videos and learning a lot about my golf cart. When you are checking for the 12v, did you have to turn on the key or take it out of maintenance?
thanxs for the reply. i started a new career working at a golf cart shop here in savannah ga. after working on European luxury cars. intentions are to have my own shop. overhead and capital are a lot less and the profit margins are simular without having the way to expensive insurance. Doing custom builds alot but most of our bread and butter are rentals and leases. scouring the internet for information and knowledge. thamks again and I appreciate the reply.
Great video but I have one question, being that I only have two accessory wires am I going to have to add a reducer each time I want to add an accessory or can I run multiple accessories off those two wires and if so how?
In that case you would use a fuse block.
So is there no need to tie into the obm? Accessory usage is not monitored by the obm? Also, where are we wiring the 12v ground? Does that go to the obm? Or straight to last battery negative? Can I run the stock accessory blue wire from the 12v of this voltage reducer? Will that get monitored by the obm?
So, I’ve installed a 36v to 12v reducer. I have an EZGO PDS TXT 36v battery. I’m upgrade to LED lights, blinkers, hazard, and horn that is controlled on a steering column box. When I connect power direct; by pass the wiring harness, everything works. When introduce the reducer I get nothing. Any ideas here?
I would need a 48v reducer.
Which Amp would be needed, there are 48v to 12v (20A).....48v to 12v (10A).....48v to 12v (5A)
Do you have any utube videos for how to change a color on an ezgo txt?
I have a 36volt golf cart. can I use a 48volt to 12 converter on it so i can use 12volt light. or do I need to get a 36volt to 12volt converter.
What gauge wire did you use to graft onto the converter?
are there two leads for accessories coming from the reducer? which means I can wire in my light kit and a stereo maybe, but what if I need more? do I splice wires? depending on the amp, I suppose the switch wiring may already be included, not sure though.
Get a fuse box
Can you hook up two 12v accessories to one reducer using a quad butt connector? Such as a light bar and a radio? Thank you.
Get yourself a bus bar for the positive & negative wires. Then you can go ape shit by adding a bunch of 12v accessories!
I messed up before watching your video. Hooked up a 48V to 12V reducer but forgot to change switch to tow/maintenance mode. Now my accessories work great but the cart will not run. Acting like the motor is getting no juice. Did I burn something out?
Possibly the controller. Put the car in TOW for about a minute, then put back into RUN and see if that helps.
@@golfcartking That took care of it! Thanks a bunch!
@@leohalm Fantastic!! Always remember. Put the car in TOW before doing "anything" electrical to the car, including charging it! Better safe than sorry!
Where does the neg wire on the output of the regulator connect to? I have 4 accessories. Does it connect to the accessories only or to the neg on the battery as well? If so which battery? Thanks!
We have multiple Reducer's in our inventory and I'd have to know exactly which one you have to answer that question. Most of them have a wiring explanation sticker on the side of the reducer.
So after the install of the voltage reducer does the headlights and tail lights run off it ?
yes that is correct.
Hook up positive first!
Happy
I bought a 48 volt to 12 volt converter,it only has three wire going in put no output.red and black,and a yellow.
David Hensley May want to double check that part. Sounds like a 16 to 12 volt reducer. If they are all black wires, that's what it is.
Red is input, yellow is output, black is earth wire.
Hi man,why it's not possible to connect the 48v wire to the nearest battery?thanks
Because the nearest battery may not be the either #1 battery or the #6 battery in order to pull either 36 or 48 volts.
Is it the same thing as connecting the negative and the positive on the last 2 batteries where the controller is very close?
I believe those are battery #1 and battery #6. Verify using a volt meter. Must be 36 or 48 volt.
Ok man thank you for the clarification.
so its not necessary to run a wire to the key switch ?
You can, but if you are installing a radio with a memory, the memory will be lost each time you turn the switch off.
@@golfcartking i have 36v ez-go golf cart and i have a 12" led bar and im trying to figure out if i can wire it to the key switch? or do i have to get another seperate electric battery and wire in a push/pull switch for lights and accessories?
@@codysoroka5221 Can not wire to switch! Has to be wired to 2 batteries. If you hook up to switch, it will receive 36 volts and blow.
I am running the Inverter positive to a 3 switch "gang" panel. 3 switches will control 3 different outputs. Reading this I may add a switch for the 36v/48V INPUT to inverter.
if a voltage reducer is installed for a stereo AND cut in lights on a 03 36volt ezgo do you use the one reducer or do they need their own dedicated reducers?
www.golfcartking.com/golf-cart-voltage-reducer-26v-60v-to-12v-30-amp/
I use this one for both.
As long as u have the amperage, you can run whatever u want
+bmbertges Thanks. was considering how hard to work the reducer. This one Im building for an ex girl but friend will have neon, fan on the top, turn signals, brake lights and head lights. Stereo .
@@richardalvis4695 im currently doing the same on my cart. Your safest bet is to add all the devices up and give yourself an extra 20% to spare. Try using LED lights to help. LED lights barely use anything. But just break out the manuals and read and not necessarily add the fuses up. Good luck!!!
Why would anyone want to use the 16-18v reducer? The 36-48v reducer can draw up to 10 amps, but it draws from the entire battery back. The 16-18v reducer which only uses 2 or 3 batteries, so 1/3 or 1/2 of the battery pack (depending how you wire) is allowed to draw up to 15 amps. So you will be drawing 50% more amps (15 vs 10) from 50% less batteries(2 or 3 vs all 6) when using the 16-18v reducer. Bad idea.
Right... And that is the whole point of investing on a voltage-reducer to draw from the whole package of batteries as a whole. 👍
You are always going to have current draw even when nothing is on. Just knowing this from the spark during your install. This is wrong
Yep, and that's why many run a toggle switch btw the pack and reducer to shut it off completely.
No links to them devices??
diygolfcart.com/golf-cart-voltage-reducer-24v-64v-to-12v-30-amp/
@@golfcartking Thanks
how many amps do these draw with no load ???
TC - this video installs the voltage reducer across the unswitched battery terminals, meaning that the voltage reducer will always be powered and drawing, albeit limited, current from the battery plant. I’d suggest using a NO relay with the coil powered from the positive side of the solenoid which is switched by the ignition key. That will eliminate the continuous current draw.
@@taconley perfect
8 years waiting lol
peeinginthewind haha, I just saw this tonight. Still relevant though.
Mine draws 1/4 amp in standby, so I added a key-on relay on the 36v side. Fuse both input and output.
The reducer itself does not draw any amps unless their is an accessory to draw from. Depending on what you are hooking up will determine the amps drawn with the use of a voltage reducer. It's similar to a cigarette lighter or 12 volt outlet in your car. Although the connection is made for the reduction, if nothing is plugged in it will draw nothing. Please give us a call if you have any additional questions. (855)349-4653
Question.. 36volt Ez-Go,I have a in-dash 12v USB charger (w/ led lights) and a 12volt voltage meter that stay on and draw power all the time. Is there a way to hook the 12v accessories to the ignition to kill power from the converter? So when the key is off. no power is going out the converter or accessories?
Thats not true at all in fact more then likely its drawing up to 10 amps not going to kill the kart unless there is a problem
If it draws no load it should not have sparked !
Yes, it will spark at the beginning to supply power to the onboard capacitor.
I added a 36v to 12v voltage reducer on my ezgo txt. I then installed a 12v state of charge meter. The voltage on the meter reads 12.4 volts, but only shows half full. Any ideas why it’s only showing partial with a full charge? Thx
A State Of Charge meter "has to be" connected directly to the batteries to get a correct reading.
Thank you for the info, I’ll have to swap it out. Thanks