Re: Battery charging circuit

William
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:51:07 -0400

"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
<NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:

>Our cart sat for a few weeks w/o being used. We tried to use it, but it
>was completely dead. The transpo guy got it towed over to his shop, and
>got a field tech to check it out. Turned out that the battery voltage
>dropped so low that the 'intelligent' charging system thought that the
>batteries were disconnected and refused to turn on.

Actually, IIRC it's that the battery voltage drops so low it can't
pull the relay in. Same difference though, it either needs an
external charge or a jumper to bypass the relay until the charge
level improves.

>The reason why the damn thing was seldom used was that one couldn't put
>a computer or monitor in the tiny space in the back where the golf clubs
>were supposed to go. It had to go on the passenger seat, and even
>strapping it in with the seat belt wouldn't secure it adequately.

Plenty of other options in the Utility vehicle marketplace, for
instance:
http://clubcar.com/products_landing.aspx?market=Commercial&category=Utility+Vehicles

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