Charger

The charger is generally a smallish black box,  supplied with your trolley to charge up the battery.  The charger plugs into the mains at one end with the other attaching to the battery terminals.

Most have a red light to show the battery is charging  at full voltage output (bulk charge) with a green  light to show it’s dropped to a low voltage output (float charge) and the battery is ready for use. Some chargers may also have a yellow light to indicate nearly charged.

The most common fault with a charger is when the voltage output malfunctions and causes the battery to prematurely deteriorate. This is not easy to identify as the lights on the charger normally still function.

The answer is to have your charger periodically tested (Golf Trolley Garage have the neccessary equipment), also to purchase a new charger if yours is over 4 years old.

Battery Connector

If the battery connector needs to be replace this can be done very easily by following our instructions below.  The connector will be held in place by two nuts and bolts, one on each terminal with washers on. You will need a spanner and Phillips screwdriver to take off the connector, start on the positive side undo the bolt and take out then detach from the terminal then do the same on the negative side. Clean the top of the terminal by using a file or wire wool so that the terminal has a corrosion free connection once it’s all put back together. Attach the new connector by attaching with the washer, nut and bolt in reverse order from before and starting on the positive side. Tighten up then do the negative and if the new connector has a fuse double check it is ok then connect up with the battery and do a check to make sure it works.

Very important that the red wire and black wire are connected as they were- red to positive and black to negative (normally) so that this matches the motor connectors and in turn the right power through the control box otherwise the control box is prone to being blown, An expensive job and unnecessary if procedures have been followed.

Lithium Battery

We will shortly have a new lithium battery tester which will enable us to test lead acid batteries and lithium batteries for both golf trolleys and golf buggies. We will up date you all when we have it.

GTG

Batteries

Recently we have had customers in with problems with their batteries, either they are not lasting a full round or not working at all. We have to explain that it's not always the battery that was at fault as sometimes the charger could be the culprit so don't go out buying a new battery with out checking first. Secondly think about the price you are paying for that battery if do do and get one, is it really cheap ! As like most things you get what you pay for, Is it up to the job ? Is it suitable for golf trolleys ? What about after sales care ? The warranty ? We only sell batteries that are purpose made for electric golf trolleys and similar motorized vehicles and you have a place to come back to should you have any queries, so no hassle posting anything or waiting in for a parcel and along with that we can have a look at your charger and give you our expert opinion.
So for now bear these things in mind and feel free to come in and ask any questions.

GTG

Battery

Today the phone rang with a customer who had a problem with two batteries that were intermittently losing power, They went on to add that they also had two chargers. They advised that either battery would have been charged with either charger as they did not keep them in specific pairs.

We requested that they bring in all the items for testing which resulted in:

One battery and one charger being faulty

The other battery and charger were ok.

We always recommend that if you have two batteries and two compatible chargers then keep them in designated pairs like colour coding them or labelling.  If battery faults arise in the future then you will know which pair are at fault and require testing.

GTG