The Best Way to Run 12 Volt accessories on your Golf Cart!

[@tomdavison1447]

Your lessons are very helpful. I enjoy your expertise and strait forward style information presentation.

[@bth2278]

Hey man , I enjoy your videos and information. I recently installed a 12v converter on my g29 and a fuse box. I ran some under body lights from led glow and purchased a bazooka party bar to install. I don't want to drill holes through my aftermarket cover to install the bar. I seen that golf cart kings makes an accessory bar that runs from roof mount to roof mount but are currently out of stock for the g29. Do you know or have any other examples of mounting these bars? I would greatly appreciate your help. Keep up the good work.

[@benbarrs5500]

Great video, but....do you have one on the proper way to wire the Reducer, fuse box to the batter?

[@franksisto1924]

Hey man, thank you. Cleanly explained.

[@larryjackson6133]

I have a 48 volt Yamaha Drive with 30amp 48/12 reducer. I added a 48volt 40 amp Accessory relay that is powered by 48volt key on, and 12 V power from reducer is energized when key is on. From there 12V goes to fuse panel, and then to equipment . Doesn’t run 48’s down unless you leave key on. By the way Great Channel for info LJ

[@Skylarlynnsdaddy]

Guess this isn’t a video of how you run the wiring to hook up the reducer?

[@RobertTozzi]

Great information. Thanks! Would you consider putting your fuse box in the dashboard?

[@frankdamelio8769]

Have a Club Car precedent 48 volt. Purchased fuse box, and 48 to 12 volt reducer. Looks like plenty of room inside battery compartment for both units…. Figured, best for protection from the elements…. Your thoughts?

[@jeffreymgabriel1]

Hi any chance you can help me out with connecting an extra fuse box to the key switch or a 2015 ezgo can’t find anything to help Me.

[@joeking433]

I have a Cushman 72V lithium 2 battery setup running in parallel with a bus bar. A guy wired it up for me and everything works but the electric dump bed. I assume it's 12v, right? Can I just wire a reducer to the bus bar and then to the dump motor? Or how would I do it? Thanks.

[@josephsweeney3353]

Would something like that work on my 2007 Yamaha ydra

[@k9827]

I have 2022 Vivid ev with 48v Lithium batt. My LED running lights on the rear stopped working when i tapped into it for a 3rd break light and they stopped working on the running light side. Break and tails still work. Obliviously the ground wire isnt the same as a chassis or battery terminal grounding. How does it ground with LED lites on a Lithium setup. All fuses are good. any suggestions?

[@steverabenold6057]

Can I run a winch on a 12 volt reducer?

[@FoxxStar77]

If you need more than 30A, do you use two converters? My switch panel can do 60A. Oh yeah, 100k, and go modify 💪

[@cathywilliams3436]

Good info

[@justinroberts8632]

Posted this at a perfect time. I just got on here to figure this out

[@GolfCartsModified]

Awesome let us know any other questions may want to discuss

[@justinroberts8632]

@@GolfCartsModified I've got a 36v ezgo. I'm going to be putting a stereo in it. I'm trying to figure out how to wire it so that it doesn't lose its settings everytime I turn off the cart.

[@GolfCartsModified]

The reliance chargers have a remote memory wire.

[@williamwyrick5558]

Did you power the fuse block from the battery or reducer?

[@Peculiar_Hodag]

Do they make a reducer rated for running a winch?

[@garthash3884]

I installed a 48/12v converter on a 2005 clubcar precedent. Where do I attach the negative wire from the converter. This had factory lights but no black wire available. Is there a common ground. I cannot follow the downloaded schematics with the spaghetti of wire visible. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks. How do i know i got a reply?

[@lanceprince3516]

I have a gas golf cart with a 12v 9ua battery. Can I upgrade and swap to a 12v 35ua battery to operate the cart and run accessories alao

[@king_kayz]

How do I connect the 12 v battery to the 42v battery packs without having to charge the 12v battery every day?

[@jeremya7299]

Is it a bad idea to just do a completely isolated battery system? I was thinking about doing a separate battery for 12v accessories.

[@mikeherrera1610]

I have done a completely isolated system on my 36V Ezgo cart. get a deep cycle marine battery and a marine grade terminal block to ensure each added circuit has a fuse and is easily identified. While a proper reducer is certainly easier to implement I wanted a complete and isolated system from the drive batteries. Advantages of isolated system: No range reduction from draining drive batteries. Capacity for more accessory circuits Any issues won't effect drive electronics Peace of mind if you just want to park and blast the stereo system and other mods while tail-gating, etc. Disadvantages cost/complexity added weight Need to run a separate charger from drive battery-pack charger. I bought a low amperage charger and mounted it in the cart and added a receptacle under the main pack charger receptacle that accepts a standard female 3 prong cord. While the author is certainly right that a quality reducer can cover almost all people's needs I wanted to go the extra mile.

[@SPCLPONY]

Jeremy, If you have a lot of 12 volt accessories, I would go with a big Automotive/Marine/RV size deep cycle battery and fuse block. I'm just powering a pair of added LED headlights, and a lighter plug power outlet for our cell phones or a mini air compressor. I have a $29 dollar 12 volt lawnmower battery from Walmart without a fuse block. It hardly takes up space and doesn't add another 65 pounds to our 36 volt EZ-Go. I trickle charge it once or twice a camping season for the past two years without any issues.

[@chrisgavelek1431]

do you think the icon i40l converter and agm battery system will withstand an ecoxgear 32 inch soundbar and the ecoxgear 8 inch subwoofer? they are both self amplified up to 500 watts.

[@larrysmith4267]

I’m a newbie golf cart owner and know nothing. My cart is a 2013 EZGO that has headlights and tail lights. Do I need something else to wire ab LED light kit since I already have headlights? TIA

[@ishstah2279]

I have a 36 volt single battery from lithium pros, would this reducer work on running multiple 12 inch graphs on my boat?

[@mattgrimmett6067]

question, for a simple cheap led kit off amazon, why can't I just use the +/- off a single battery to power the module? Put my meter on it and its a constant 13V (I have a 48V system). Will it be a slow drain? Also, I already have headlights/taillights/blinkers/horn installed by the dealer. Should I just try and find where that is and tap off of it so that the circuit is dead when key is off?

[@johncampbell3607]

I know this is an old question, but the problem with doing that is that you are pulling from only one battery, so that battery will wear out quicker than the rest. With a reducer, you are pulling evenly from all batteries. You may also notice the lights might dim a bit when accelerating if you don't use a reducer. I have only noticed that with incandescent lights, not LEDs though.

[@cyberbrox5]

I'm new to golf carts and electrical in general; but I just got a 48 volt club car and wanted to get LED headlights, I already have halogen lights on the 2004 cart, wouldn't that cart already have a reducer for the factory light kit ( 12volts)? or are are factory headlights 48 volt?

[@chrisgavelek1431]

can you send me link for 130 amp reducer from project Soundwave please?

[@simplytrolling6869]

Without a doubt the easiest and safest way is adding an additional battery. I mean there’s usually more than enough room to add an additional battery or two.

[@SPCLPONY]

I agree. I'm just using our 36 volt golf cart for leisurely riding around our camp ground. After watching this video, I'll stick to my cheap and simple set up. A separate $29 dollar 12 volt lawn mower battery from Walmart to power a set of LED headlights. I trickle charge it once or twice between opening day May 1st, and storage by Oct 31st. Two years and no problems. I added 2 power outlets in the dash for charging cell phones or to run a mini air compressor to fix the occasional soft tire. Was thinking about a CD player next summer.

[@hillbillybassfisherman8181]

how to make the golf cart get the best ride possiable? i am thinking putting the 3 inch lift kit A-arm with the RFY shocks..an widest tire i can just want like 20s..want to keep it as low to ground as i can for better control going so fast with the AC motor upgrade

[@brucelasura9328]

I installed a 12v fan on my 2021 Yamaha Drive 2 EFI. I connected directly to the battery with an inline 5 amp fuse. (Specs on fan says it draws 2.5 amps). I notice that the fan speed varies with the cart speed. Is this normal? Should I not be connecting directly to the battery? Will I damage anything by wiring directly to the battery? Thanks for any help!

[@mauricetanner7666]

So basically do I need jus run one extra battery are what would u run

[@mauricetanner7666]

Please help me

[@ShaneHubber85]

I have a S4 72 volt.. what do I do??

[@jetskiergh]

This is probably easy for some, but I’m not a wiring guy, I’ve got a voltage reducer with a fuse block, 48v cart, am wiring a light bar, the fuse block only has side for red positive wire for light bar, my question is what do I do with the black negative wire on the light bar? I don’t know what to hook it up to? Do I wire it to negative at end of battery run and connect positive to fuse block? Help is appreciated

[@bth2278]

If I were you, I would purchase a fuse block that has both negative and positive post. Remove your existing fuse block. Identify the negative battery post that your voltage reducer is wired to. From that negative run a wire to wherever your fuse block is located. Plug the positive wire from the voltage reducer to the fuse box's positive and the negative wire from negative battery post to the negative on the fuse block. Now, each time you add a 12v accessory all you have to do is plug in the positive and negative terminals to the proper location in the fuse block and add a fuse.

[@williamwitkowski4831]

was wondering. if I have a 36volt golf cart. can i use a 48volt to 12volt converter in it. thanks

[@SpottedDogNetworks]

Get one that is recommended to work with 36volts.

[@dodgeguyz]

Keep it simple and just run a dedicated 12V battery. Keep a battery tender on it when not in use.

[@Cartwright256]

Do you have a link for that reducer you use?

[@GolfCartsModified]

The link to our website is in the description. Search Reducer. The Reliance is in there.

[@kyleduke1342]

Is it okay to power a Kenwood Bluetooth amp via a voltage reducer?

[@GolfCartsModified]

It’s a small amp. Done it many times

[@josebarrera2929]

Need help I put a 12v sound bar on a gas powered Ez go and when I give it gas Bluetooth starts to cut off the bar stays on just stops playing music

[@makzuken]

Let me know when you figure that out. Having the same trouble

[@josebarrera2929]

@@makzuken it was the spark plugs

[@15gforce]

what wheel is that

[@GolfCartsModified]

14'' GTW Bravo

[@TandDcajunhideawayintheswamps]

My golf cart run some time and some time with them go batteries is all good six months ago I’ll send it and I just wait shake it and it goes again and I put the charger every month the batteries are good but I don’t know no why some time it runs in sometime it don’t you have a had a problem with one like that Cajun land Church point Louisiana

[@drewfontaine7128]

Not sure anyone can respond to this gibberish! Is this English?

[@johnthefisherman7047]

Is there such a thing as too many accessories?

[@larrywalden626]

Can I wire my 48V reliance converter to the output side of solenoid so that when the key is off, it kills the power to prevent parasitic draw? Or will this chance messing up my controller or cause it to kick out if it senses voltage drop while using sound bar, lights, tail lights, headlights ect...? I hear some controllers can be sensitive. This is on a Yamaha Drive. Any info? Thanks

[@frogface3975]

picture went all black n white....is it 1950 again???

[@GolfCartsModified]

Lol just trying something different

[@frogface3975]

@@GolfCartsModified i lived through those days lol and then when color came if your parents didnt upgrade you weren't "cool" lol

[@GolfCartsModified]

@frog face rofl

[@tsalazar1989405]

100k

[@emilyprater2024]

100K

[@bmanh2355]

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