Club Car Gasoline Service Manual page 461

1995-1996 ds golf cars
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DANGER
• ALWAYS WEAR FULL FACE SHIELD AND GLOVES WHEN WORKING WITH BATTERIES.
• BATTERY - EXPLOSIVE GASES! DO NOT SMOKE. KEEP SPARKS AND FLAMES AWAY. VEN-
TILATE WHEN CHARGING OR USING IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHEN USING TOOLS, WIRES, OR METAL OBJECTS NEAR BATTERIES! A SHORT CIRCUIT
AND (OR) SPARK COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSION.
• BATTERY - POISON! CONTAINS ACID! CAUSES SEVERE BURNS. AVOID CONTACT WITH
SKIN, EYES, OR CLOTHING. ANTIDOTES:
- EXTERNAL: FLUSH WITH WATER. CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.
- INTERNAL: DRINK LARGE QUANTITIES OF MILK OR WATER. FOLLOW WITH MILK OF MAG-
NESIA OR VEGETABLE OIL. CALL A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.
- EYES: FLUSH WITH WATER FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. CALL PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY.
WARNING
• TURN KEY SWITCH OFF, PLACE FORWARD AND REVERSE LEVER IN THE NEUTRAL POSI-
TION, AND REMOVE KEY BEFORE SERVICING.
BATTERY CHARGER TEST
The easiest way to monitor the condition of your batteries is simply to observe the reading of your battery
charger ammeter at the end of the charge cycle. After a full charge, disconnect and reconnect the charger
DC plug (PowerDrive System 48 vehicle only - Wait 20 to 30 seconds before reinserting the DC charger
plug. Failure to do so will not allow the charger to turn on again). The ammeter needle will jump to 15 amps
or more and then taper to below 6 amps within 10 to 20 minutes, indicating good, fully charged batteries.
Continued poor performance may indicate a problem in the golf car electrical system, brakes or battery
charger. If the problem is not found in the golf car or charging system, proceed to the on-charge voltage test.
Batteries that remain at 8 amps or higher should be tested further using the on-charge voltage test.
ON-CHARGE VOLTAGE TEST (V-GLIDE 36 VOLT)
When the batteries are fully charged, disconnect and reconnect the charger DC plug to restart the charger.
After 5 minutes, record the voltage of the battery set as well as the individual batteries, using the VOM,
(CLUB CAR part No.1011480). Set the meter on 50 VDC. Place the red (+) probe at the positive terminal and
the black (-) probe at the negative terminal of each battery. Record reading. The on-charge voltage for the set
should read between 42.0 volts and 47.4 volts depending on the make, size and age of the battery being
tested. If individual batteries read above 7.0 volts and are within 0.5 volts of each other, go to hydrometer
test. If any battery reads below 7.0 volts and is not within 0.5 volts of those batteries above 7.0 volts, replace
battery. If readings are below 7.0 volts but within 0.5 volts of each other, the batteries are old. However, they
may have enough capacity left to last several more months. Go to hydrometer test (See Trouble-Shooting
Chart, Figure 22-8, Page 22-10 and examples on following pages).
ON-CHARGE VOLTAGE TEST (POWERDRIVE SYSTEM 48)
When the batteries are fully charged, disconnect the charger DC plug. Wait 20 to 30 seconds and reconnect
the DC plug to restart the charger. After 5 minutes, record the voltage of the battery set as well as the individ-
ual batteries, using the VOM (CLUB CAR Part No.1011480). Set the meter on 100 VDC. Place the red (+)
probe at the positive post of the battery No. 1 and the the black (-) probe at the negative post of battery No. 6
(Figure 22-6, Page 22-5). Record reading. Then set VOM on 50 VDC and place the red (+) probe at the pos-
itive terminal and the black (-) probe at the negative terminal of each battery. Record the readings.
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