Electric Golf Cart Battery Terminal Melted

Rather than replace an otherwise good battery we ve gotten creative over the years and have learn how to easily handle this battery terminal repair.

Electric golf cart battery terminal melted.

If there is anything you would like to see feel free to shoot me a mess. Thank you for watching and please stick around and check out some of my other videos. I soon had to buy a new battery. The cart functions normal and does not give any indication that something is malfunctioning till it quits due to a post melting off.

My golf cart came to a sudden halt. Checked the cable to the fifth battery had the insulation burned off of it at the very end where the loop fixture connects to the cable. Often the need to repair the terminal is due to a melted post or other scenario that does not allow the power wires to be secured to the terminal. I have found if the factory studs get loose in the lead it will get hot and eventually melt the terminal.

To avoid terminals melting ensure you use the correct size wires and that limps nuts and bolts are tightened securely. My battery meter was fluctuating on and off. Here s how i did it. A few reasons that could trigger a battery post leak are given below.

So it is almost certain that if either the cables terminals or both leaks your battery post is likely to leak soon. I initially thought that the damage shown in the pictures below had come from accidentally leaving the battery cap loose. With some help i managed to repair my broken battery terminal post. That repair didn t last long.

Ran fine for two weeks or so and the same thing happened to that cable. Over tightening of the nuts. How to repair melted battery terminals here s an easy fix i use for those batteries that have a loose stud or melted battery terminals. The golf cart battery cables terminals and posts are all interrelated.

The cable was about 18 long and i replace it with a cable about 12 long. I mentioned losing a battery in our club car ezgo electric golf cart in a previous article. Why are my yamaha electric golf cart battery posts getting hot and melting. We get lots of questions regarding battery terminal repair on electric golf carts.

The terminal post of the golf cart battery is attached with the cable using a stainless steel. The batteries are wired in correctly neg to pos this only happens when driving. Noticed a burning odor while driving the golf cart. How to fix melted golf cart battery post.