Club Car 1996 DS Golf Car Gasoline, Service Manual

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Battery Troubleshooting Examples, Continued:
PowerDrive System 48 Vehicle
*Battery No. 3 appears to be suspect. Batteries No. 1 and No. 4 are also suspect. Next, a hydrometer test
should be conducted on all batteries.
Hydrometer test results were as follows:
V-Glide 36 Volt Vehicle
PowerDrive System 48 Vehicle
*After the hydrometer test, it appears that battery No. 1 is the problem.
V-Glide 36 Volt Vehicle
PowerDrive System 48 Vehicle
*After a discharge test which lasted 65 minutes, battery No. 1 is clearly shown to be the problem. Battery No.
4 should be watched a little more closely but appears to be okay. Battery No. 1 should be changed out with a
battery that has about the same age and usage as the other batteries.
Example 2
Car No. 70 was also suspected of having a bad battery due to its performance. The battery charger test
showed 7.0 amps after a full charge. After confirming that there were no problems with the electrical system,
charger or brakes, the on-charge voltage was recorded as follows:
BATTERY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6
ON-CHARGE VOLTAGE 10.15 10.60 9.80* 10.16 10.56 10.61
BATTERY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
POSITIVE POST CELL 1.200* 1.265 1.300 1.250 1.280 1.260
CENTER CELL 1.285 1.275 1.290 1.270 1.295 1.265
NEGATIVE POST CELL 1.275 1.270 1.285 1.265 1.275 1.275
BATTERY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
CELL 1 (POSITIVE POST) 1.200* 1.265 1.300 1.250 1.280 1.260
CELL 2 1.285 1.275 1.290 1.270 1.295 1.265
CELL 3 1.265 1.270 1.275 1.265 1.280 1.275
CELL 4 (NEGATIVE POST) 1.275 1.270 1.285 1.265 1.275 1.275
BATTERY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6
DISCHARGE VOLTAGE 4.08* 5.50 5.80 5.36 5.57 5.56
BATTERY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6
DISCHARGE VOLTAGE 5.44* 7.33 7.73 7.15 7.43 7.41