Battery Meter on Club Car Precedent(how to install)

[@TrippPowell]

Dude, this was my final Hail Mary before throwing my meter in the garbage. Your video saved my sanity. Got a working meter now. Thanks bro!!!! 🤙🏼

[@andrewfyakim525]

Thank you WilRob, I'm an ol guy who just bought his first golf cart. On the maiden voyage my two friends who joined us, ended up pushing us home! (like when Barney Fife bought his first car!)... I NEED one of these, and your video is very helpful. I post boat videos and hope I help people too...

[@dyoel182]

Did it not have the factory warning light?

[@andrewfyakim525]

@@dyoel182 Thank you! Yes it does have the warning light on the 'dash' under the steering column (to the left of the headlight knob). If it came on when the batteries got low, I never noticed it; I don't think is is working. The batteries are 8 months old, and in great shape (I filled, load tested, and did specific - gravity test); I now keep it plugged to the automatic charger. It is a 2013 Club Car Precedent that was raised and a different 'body' and back seat installed.... I just installed a new speed sensor device and magnet disc on the motor that for now seems to have fixed another problem I had. (It would go to 'crawl' mode after running for a few minutes....

[@taffy4672]

Cheers mate. Bought mine, watched your vid, and hooked it up and minutes. Brilliant.

[@wrdyke]

Glad it worked well for you Taffy...keep on truckin!

[@FrederickDunn]

Simple and straight forward, thank you! Thumbs UP!

[@wrdyke]

Thanks for watching and sorry for my late reply.

[@BackFire10mm]

I noticed there was a bettery gauge of some type already installed on your dash? :47 What is its purpose? Thanks for your time.

[@SeanKirkpatrick1]

Thanks for this. I did not have the blue and white wire so I tied into the ignition switch side that is powered on when the key is turned.

[@chrisnesci]

Installed today, Thank you for making this video!

[@williamh.6941]

Thanks for the info. Quick and easy.

[@wrdyke]

Thanks for watching!

[@brendanmassett5836]

Thanks Man, just installed mine easily thanks to you!

[@KiingKillerr]

What kind of cart?

[@the_bubble]

Worked perfectly for my Club Cart. Thank you very much!

[@wrdyke]

Thanks for watching and glad the video was helpful.

[@robertligue4533]

will this work for a club cart ds? also how did you know what wire was the negative?

[@KiingKillerr]

Precedent? Trojan Batteries? Thx

[@RaulBenitez115]

Simple job, thank you!

[@wrdyke]

Thanks for watching!🌝

[@terrywaters6186]

I hooked mine up but I’m getting erratic readings when the cart is being driven. It seems to read steady only when the cart is stopped.

[@wrdyke]

Double check your connections and voltages.

[@VolksStokes]

Hey Will, my golf cart got 6 packs of batteries, each individually reading at 8.64 volts, so assuming its a 48V system across. I am trying to find end to end part of the circuit but the highest reading i get is 17 volts and at some other locations 15 volts. Not sure why. Can you advise please. Thx

[@VolksStokes]

I did set the voltmeter to 20

[@wrdyke]

Your batteries should be reading close to 13 v so something's going on if your batteries are only reading 8.64 volts.

[@VolksStokes]

@@wrdykehmm but i thought these were 8volts batteries?

[@wrdyke]

@@VolksStokes I am sorry, you are correct. Batteries are 8+ volts. Here is a wiring diagram. goodtopssm.life/product_details/45394047.html

[@wrdyke]

@@VolksStokes I'm sorry you are correct your battery should be 8 plus volts on a 48 volt system. goodtopssm.life/product_details/45394047.html

[@golfnutt1969]

I installed this just as you have described. It turns on and off with the ignition as expected, but my battery meter shows 100% full, no matter how long I'm out driving around. Any idea why this is the case?

[@wrdyke]

Hmmm, not sure on that one. Maybe double check the wiring. Could be a faulty meter. Are you checking with a voltmeter?

[@golfnutt1969]

@@wrdyke I found that the power wire is always showing 49 volts. I found another wire that shows the actual voltage the battery is putting out.

[@wrdyke]

Off the top of my head I would say the meter is bad....i dont think you cart has an alternator so that is the only thing that makes sense. Did you check voltages with a meter on the wires? You could unhook the meter when you know the batteries are a bit depleted and check the voltage. If the voltage is low(under 48 volts) then you will know if the meter is bad.

[@golfnutt1969]

@@wrdyke So the meter that I bought has a removable piece on one of the sides. I't a smooth rubber plug, that I didn't even notice until I looked at it a bit more. Inside the meter, there were 3 switches that allowed different voltage configuration. It came from the factory at 12v, so my 48v system, even when half depleted was showing full. I configured it for 48 volts and it started working. So I had two issues, one with the meter, and the other with the power wires I used. I ended up going with a different meter all together, as this original one was difficult to read in sunlight.

[@golfnutt1969]

@@wrdyke Hey Will. Still struggling with this. I've purchased 3 meters now. One of the power wires I was using always put out 48 volts, no matter the battery state. I found another power wire that directly matched the voltage from the batteries. However, my meters never show this correctly. For example, last night, my battery meter showed that the battery was almost fully depleted but when checking the batteries directly, were still putting out 36 volts, almost 75% of capacity. This morning, after charging all night and a quick ride around the neighborhood, batteries are putting out 44.7 volts, so 93% of the full 48 volts, but all three of the 48v battery meters I have will show just around 50% (5 of 10 lights lit up). I'm at my wits' end trying to figure this one out.

[@davidrossmiller8349]

I have a crapy meater on my 36v ebike it has only 3 bars so not acureat. I bought one of theses should be in in 5 days.....there is only a red wire and black wire coming from the igniction switch. So I should I run my - to black then put a jumper wire on the + side and run + to the other 2 poles?

[@PGioldasis]

I have a 16’ precedent but I don’t have the blue/white wire. I tried just hooking up the positive and negative and the unit seems to power up (the light moves from full to empty) and then it just goes blank. Do you have any clue why this would be happening?

[@vicsantoro9512]

I have a 2015 precedent. I took dash off and there was the red and black/yellow but no blue. So what i did was just hook the black and yellow to - post and then ran a wire off the keyswitch to the positive. Works perfect. you dont need anything on the c post. It powers on when key goes on and no power when golf cart is off.

[@bunlungsupreme5878]

I didnt get you quite well. How did you run the positive again please? What kindof wire you use to it from?

[@vicsantoro9512]

@@bunlungsupreme5878 I used a piece of 14g wire I had laying around and just ran it to the keyswitch from the + on the meter. Left the c post empty. it works perfectly.

[@bunlungsupreme5878]

Vic Santoro so you have to change the keyswitch to double spade connector right? Because the one that came with the cart has only one connector.

[@vicsantoro9512]

@@bunlungsupreme5878 no i did not change the keyswitch. I simply connected the + connector on the meter to the + on the keyswitch.

[@bunlungsupreme5878]

Vic Santoro how did you join with the one wire thats already there though? Because the keyswitch already have the blue wire on it, how did you join the wire from + on the meter ?

[@philjohnson7573]

Installed this, followed your instructions, but meter always shows full?

[@POLOAZTECA]

I wana see that thing lite up...

[@gurs2323]

Awesomeness, thanks.

[@wrdyke]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidMartinez-uz2vf]

Does your blue light stay on

[@wrdyke]

My cart did not have a blue light.

[@DavidMartinez-uz2vf]

On the far right of meter a blue light is lit. When I turn key the whole lights turn on

[@KiingKillerr]

Does this meter work on Trojan Batteries? If so what is the part #?

[@garythurston1498]

Where does the blue and white wire go to from the meter?

[@wrdyke]

The blue and white wire is a switched 48 volt wire that is turned on and off via your key switch. Always check with a meter to make sure. Key on should produce about 48V and when key is off there should be 0V. I am not sure if it connects directly to the key switch but the voltage in that blue and white is controlled by your key switch. Hope that helps!

[@mimimiller1236]

WooHoo!! Thank you!

[@jordicabrera1599]

Greetings. Congratulations for the video, a note is not seen with the lights on, a pity. Can you please tell me where to connect the C? I have clear the positive and the negative, not the C. This week the package arrives, I bought it for my boat along with a voltmeter, safety first of all. Thank you for your attention.

[@jordicabrera1599]

ok, thank you very much.

[@KiingKillerr]

Model # of part also does this work on Trojan Batteries, thx!!

[@knlb06]

Ya did the same thing as here and all it does it stay on green

[@DougHarts]

yep, useless. Shows full charge until it dies.