How To troubleshoot OBC or charger problems

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Ok you had a hard day on the course today you come back in plug in the cart and nothing so what do you do now. There are several things that can be checked with no tools or very minimal amount of tools.

  1. plug the charger into the cart after a few seconds there should be a click followed by the ammeter showing charge current. If there is no current get in the cart with the charger DC cord plugged in put it in forward and press the pedal very slightly forward until you here the switch in the pedal click. If the cart starts to move then itÄs looking like OBC, if the cart does not move then most likely the Receptacle, Plug, grey wire, red wire, charger relay coil, Are all in working condition. And you have finished step 1
  2. UNPLUG BOTH CHARGER CORDS FOR STEP THREE
  3. For this next step you will need a screw driver to remove the chargers cover. Inside there is a relay remove the two lower wires clip them together with a jumper, paperclip something conductive and it cannot touch anything .Unplug the DC cord plug the charger into the 120 volt wall outlet, the charger should hum. If the charger does hum you have now checked the AC input to the transformer you can use you volt meter to check for dc voltage at the plug (up to 63 vdc). If the charger does hum then unplug it from the wall plug in the DC charge cord in and then plug it back into the 120 volt wall outlet, if at this point the charger hums and the ammeter shows charging then it looks like OBC ,you can try to reset the OBC and good luck with that.
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There are a number of other tests and problems but this should cover 50% of the charger problems.
 

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