Re: (ET) Golf cart Charger Plug

["SWS" <ssawtelle erols com>]

Oh I am being careful! I've got an expensive charger and expensive 
batteries
and I'm expensive to fix too if something goes wrong!

The plug is an LV23 at least according to one web site; made by Anderson. -
but not on Anderson's site.

Anyway I opened up the charger and you and Darryl are right in that it 
needs
to be hooked up to turn on - The Catch-22 is I can't tell polarity without
hooking it up and I don't want to hook it up wrong.  In the end I bypassed
the relay per Darryl's suggestion and figured it out. The third wire look's
like it grounds the control board (turns on charger) after the battery is
fully connected. Nice setup - in the end I should probably find the mating
connector.

- Steve




----- Original Message -----
From: "David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Golf cart Charger Plug


> > assume I need to short the third wire to turn things on ...
>
> Careful!  Don't assume!
>
> What makes it go depends on what kind of charger and how it's designed.
For
> example, Lester Lestronic chargers won't turn on unless they're connected
to
> a battery - there has to be a little voltage on the battery to pull in an
> internal relay.  Most likely someone else made this one for E-Z-Go, but
it's
> not necessarily Lester - could be American Monarch, Bycan, etc.
>
> I'm not familiar with the plug you describe.  The contacts may not have
> anything to do with starting the charger.
>
> Better contact E-Z-Go, or the charger's manufacturer, for a wiring
diagram.
> Blind experimenting with connections can lead to destruction of your
> (possibly expensive) charger, sometimes in rather spectacular fashion.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> 1991 Solectria Force 144vac
> 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
> 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
> 1974 Avco New Idea 36vdc
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