Re: (ET) Golf cart Charger Plug

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Steve, just use your VOM and check
the socket on the golf cart where the charger plugs in.  This will
give you the
polarity.    
Rob.                                                                                                       
At 06:58 AM 8/10/03 -0400, you wrote:
>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
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