So just changed out my solenoid for my 2002 Club Car DS 36. I also replaced the diode. I put everything together and turned and put it in forward, turned the key and pressed the pedal. I saw a spark on the diode and it melted. Can you put it on backwards?
Maybe I had the diode on backwards? I read somewhere that says on the diode to put the band side to the positive side of the solenoid. I don’t know what side is the + side of the solenoid. My 36 volt solenoid has two big terminals on top and two small ones on bottom. The diode hooks to the ones on bottom and the only other wires going to the bottom terminals on the solenoid are coming from the micro switch from the F/R switch in one and one come from the V Glide switch on the other.
See picture of my diode and solenoid
Maybe I had the diode on backwards? I read somewhere that says on the diode to put the band side to the positive side of the solenoid. I don’t know what side is the + side of the solenoid. My 36 volt solenoid has two big terminals on top and two small ones on bottom. The diode hooks to the ones on bottom and the only other wires going to the bottom terminals on the solenoid are coming from the micro switch from the F/R switch in one and one come from the V Glide switch on the other.
See picture of my diode and solenoid
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