How To Install DC Converter on Golf Cart | 48v to 12V Power Converter | Accessory Power Supply
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Appreciate how detailed your videos are, you do a great job. Just picked up a 2024 Evolution D5 and am adding this converter and a fuse block/switch panel to get some accessories up and running here soon. Thanks for making these videos!
With all of the info on TH-cam, yours was the best. following your directions, I was able to install a USB port in my Club Car, thank you.
And this is how you make a diy video. Well done, thank you.
What gauge wires did you use on the 5 fuse box as well what gauge wire did you use for the black/yellow and the red/black
You do a really nice job with your channel. Simple and informative. Thank you
Can you do a video on how to install an iPhone usb charger port?
Nice video....but pro tip.....go back and put fuse holder on yellow wire (main power) right where it connects to battery...the 3 feet or so of that main wire is a fire hazard....being that it is run under cart it's just a bit scary ...
Could you explain a little more indeph?...I'm a newbie...ry
Just for the record, it's Precedent as opposed to President.
Great videos man, the way all instructionals should be done.
The way I talk cuz.
I have a new model Club Car called the Vice President.
@@charlescordite3751 lol
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Well it looks like you will be setting the "vice president" for all carts that follow.
Dude...YES! Getting better with the camera angles too..lol. Keep these coming as you and I know there are not that many videos out there explaining “how to” with golf carts.
Absolutely phenomenal DIY video. I just purchased an Onward Li Ion cart - do you have any plans to create content on how to wire up a cart with Lithium batteries? The spec on the Onward shows that it is a 58V system, so I am wondering if a different converter is needed, and I'm not sure (yet) how to access the terminals on the pack, and if there are other considerations with Lithium vs. lead acid.
QUESTION: my converter isn’t producing 12v. Any idea why?
not sure if i missed the part but do you put the positive on the first battery and the negative on the last battery in the series?
I've got everything installed, doubled and triple checked, but when I put a voltmeter on the key switch, in either the on or off position, I never get 0 Volts. I removed the green wire, went back to original wiring, getting at least 12 V when the key switch is in the on or off position. Any ideas?
Have you ever experienced a loud buzzing noise with this converter? The radio and other lights work with the converter. When I hook up my main headlights and taillights the converter buzzes like crazy and they are very dim. I connected it to an old cheap converter I have and they work perfectly fine.
Should the cart be turned to TOW before doing this procedure or is it not necessary?
Hey Ryan, your videos are pretty good! I like that your voice/verbiage is very clear and the necessary information concise (you may have missed your calling; could have been on radio!). Also, the visual aspects of your videos are very professional. I just subscribed to your site and that is the FIRST and ONLY site I did so at! Keep up the good work my friend! Billy M. PS - Have you done a video on your high lifted stretch?
Just some friendly advice... You should have a fuse or breaker at the beginning of the primary wire where the terminals hook to the battery. This protects the wire in the event of a short from catching on fire. The fuse located on the wiring harness for the voltage reducer is only to protect the reducer but nothing before it. Thanks for the video.
What size fuse or breaker do you recommend?
@@JaniceFBaca_Translator that's 30 amp converter....so 30 or 40....the reason for fuse is just to prevent that wire from literally turning into a red hot oven coil if it shorts out...
can someone say what gauge wire he is running to the battery terminals? While 10g seems the suggested, that looks smaller.
@@kristab03yellow and black wires are both 12g but 10 will work.
Hey ryan, just got everything delivered today including the new fuse block. My question is how you would do the wiring for the ground with the new fuse block? In the video you run ground from battery to converter harness and add 4way for accessories to plug into. However since the new fuse block has a main ground on it would you run ground from battery to converter harness and run another line from the 4 way to the main ground on the fuse block? Or would you run 2 seperate ground lines from battery to converter and battery to fuse block?
will this converter work with 72v to 12v, if not how do you run accessories with 72v batteries?
I’ve ran mine on 72 before but there are 72 - 12 volt converters.
This is an awesome video. I'm going to give this a try sometime in January. Wish me luck!
I have a 2009 Zone golf cart. Not sure how to contact or find the manufacturer. Either way I just converted to Falcon Elite 48v from Big Battery. I ordered your recommended voltage reducer from Amazon. I have head and tail lights, turn signals, horn and a few other accessories to hook up but I can’t figure out how to wire them with the new configuration. They were in working order before but now I’m lost on tracing wires back from dash and their plastic connectors and determining which ones to splice to the negative output and which ones to the positive input. Can you offer any tutorials or tips? Thanks
I put the voltage reducer in like you did then I bought a light kit to add Which wires on the light kit wiring harness do I hook to the voltage reducer?
I am replacing my EZGO 42SN-202 SOC Meter with a Runleader LED Battery Fuel Gauge Hour Meter on my 2011 EZGO RXV FLT ELEC 48V? I looked online at several different sites and see that the gray wire is going to Pin 11 at the plug going to the Motor Controller. Its saying its a 5V signal wire, my question is what do I do with that wire going to the new meter?
Any idea where I could buy o-ring terminals to connect a 20 gauge wire to the battery post?
How could I run this into a rocker switch panel, and then each switch control an item (led lights, sound bar, headlights, etc.) Thanks, and great video!
I have a 48 volt precedent.. plenty of room in battery compartment for both reducer, and fuse box. Thoughts? Figured easy access, and protection from elements. I’ll use loop type Velcro for easy access….
You can mount it anywhere you want. I like where I mounted the reducer because it never gets hot and I never mess with the fuses in that location. But yeah if you want to mount yours there then no problem.
Do you need a fuse box to run multiple items to the voltage reducer?
So I have a question I recently bought a street legal led headlight brake with blinker horn it said I needed to buy this so the kit would work. But I don't see anywhere on the kit where it hooks up to this converter. Does it hook up to fuse block?
Will this work on a 48v 2002 club car ds with lithium big battery falcon elite lifePO4 - 61ah?
sure will
One of the Running Rbg lights on madjax lux lit is going haywire. Do you think it’s a faulty converter?
I dont see why it would be a converter, its just supplying power.
Great job! Your tutorials are so helpful!
Love your channel, I’m trying to do this exact same thing to my 11’ precedent. I can not get my reducers 12v output to spit power to my fuse block. It is getting 48v from battery pack and the key switch is hooked up. The only thing I did different was ground my fuse block to the main negative of the battery instead of using the distribution block. I also don’t know how many volts I am needing from the key switch to turn the reducer on. Wondering if I’m not getting enough? You hit it with the multimeter but I cannot see the volts you’re getting. Any help would be amazing! Thanks
Hope you get this, so I just installed the convert !But my key switch might be messed up, with the green wire connected to the blue wire when key is off I have lights, when I turn key on I don’t have lights I flipped the wires on key switch fingering that previous person wired it wrong, but I still get same result. What is other option for the green wire?
Can anyone tell me, do I need a wave regulator with this to have clean power for camping type use? Plus, people might want to mount the converter on some shock absorbing washers , front and back. It's an economy unit getting shaken to heck. Cheers from Vancouver!
What size female quick disconnects are using on the fuse box? I have 10-12 gauge 3/8" and cannot get two wires in to crimp.
Is there a reason you decided changing the different types of fuse boxes recommended? I was going to install the one shown in the video? Thanks for the video!
The one I use now that I believe is linked below in the description serves more purposes. One main power input supplies all the fuses and if or when a fuse is to blow the led light will shine to show you which circuit quit. Also it has a ground block built in as well. It just confines more into one location. Might have to mount it somewhere else but it does more in the long run.
I have this converter, hooked up just like you explained. Love it. But, I am having trouble figuring out how to connect my Rhox LED with accent light kit to this converter. Any ideas what I need to do, or does the way you have it already run thru it?
I have a 2009 club car precedent, and i used the plug and play harness
Will this 12v converter drain lithium batteries? Do I need a relay for this one as well or because you hooked it up to key it’s fine?
This is the older video on the dc converter and since then I have started using a relay. I would suggest using a relay on this one as well. The reason is when the key is off, this one is still converting to 12v but only allows for a smaller output for a setting like a clock or radio stations.
@@Fentertainment appreciate all the responses this week!
I mounted mine the same exact way as you but feel it will vibrate why driving. Any tips to make it not chatter?
Would this same type of installation apply to a 2017 ezgo txt?
I installed a bazooka party bar on my 48V golf cart and it cuts out when giving the cart throttle. Do you recommend a converter to solve this problem?
Same process with a single 48v lithium battery?
If you wanted to add more than 2 additional accessories could you add 4 way connector to the main ground line and then just keep adding or is there a block like the fuse panel you could add instead of adding 4 way after 4 way?
There is a block or You can buy a fuse panel with grounding block together like this one. amzn.to/3ff0Bdj
@@Fentertainment Thanks guys!! Love your videos! Great tutorials!
@@Fentertainment is this intended to replace fuse block in description so you get 12 power and ground on same block?
I was installing my dc converter on an 05 precedent and while doing so, I wanted to see if I could get the old light kit to work. There were no wires hooked up to the dash on/switch to the lights. I’m thinking I might be able to just hook them up and get going, I mistakenly took two open wires from the ignition harness instead of headlight kit harness (not smart). I assume I fried something but not sure what. The reverse buzzer doesn’t work now and I get nothing when hitting gas pedal. I don’t see any obvious fuses blown. Do you think the issue is the rectifier diode that needs replaced that runs into the tow/run switch? A different fuse? Ignition panel fried?
Could you run a block for the ground as well? So the power and ground wires for accessories would just be a plugging into a block?
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how do you know if yours is not working
I’ve have received 2 of these from Amazon brand new and neither one has worked. I have verified 48v dc going in and ZERO dc volts coming out. Could it be anything else besides faulty converter?
Did you hook up the green wire to the ignition? If not then you need to do that.
I have installed this converter on a Yamaha Drive 2 48v cart. My ignition switch does not have 36-48v going to it. Wondering if anybody has found a switched 48v wire on this cart. Could I wire it to the switched leg of the solenoid?
The 5 gain fuse panel. Where did you get that from. This is a great way to do that!
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your set up is nice!... Have a question for you... your key switch is "on/"off"... I have RXV with the 4 wire RNF switch... which of those 4 wires should I tap into with the green wire from the converter?
I cannot remember what color the wire is. I used to have the rxv switch on a txt and I used a multimeter with the continuity setting . Basically one of the wires supply power and the other 3 are for forward, nuetral and reverse. I used the nuetral wire because it stays on with forward and reverse.
Nice video. Is there a reason why you chose to mount the converter up front under the cart and the fuse block behind the dash rather than both in the battery compartment under the seat?
At the time I didnt have lithium. I need to move both of them there now with all the extra room I have.
Would you need a relay / switch for that converter?
For a 5 wire I would. Then on pin 30 I would tie both the red and green together.
Ok. I used your link to purchase the converter but it looks like the seller switched the converter to a 4 wire. So I’m add I’m ok with no relay with the 4 wire correct. Btw, I really appreciate you responding back and I’m learning a lot from your videos
For the green wire which is the accessory keyed power. Are you doing that on the 48V side or the 12vside of the factory reducer and or key switch.
The green wires needs 48v input from the key side of the switch. This turns the reducer on and off with the key.
Does positive go to battery 1 and negative go to same battery or the negative of the last battery in the series?
I think I answered this on instagram. Did it make sense? Sorry just seeing this.
For the life of me i cannot get the radio to work on my setup. Im using the dc converter as yours but without the blue light for memory and my my fuse block is the new one you use. I got the radio ignition wire going to the fuse block and the 12v wire going straight to the battery.
check the fuse block to make sure you have 12v positive and ground on the fuse block. Then you can run both red (ignition) & yellow (constant) from radio to fuse block. Run the ground from the radio to the ground as well on the fuseblock. Make sure you have ground on the fuseblock.
@@Fentertainment running both wires to the fuse box fixed it. Thanks man
how big are the ring terminals you are using?
OUTSTANDING!
How many different accessories can you run off of this converter? Such as lights, radio, underglow, and those sweet wheel lights you made?
At the moments im running the wheel lights, bazooka party bar g2, and headlights and tail light kit. My last cart had wheel lights, stereo with sub & amp, headlight kit with seat heaters.
Fentertainment thank you! Awesome videos
Hey man u know alot about these carts do u sell them to and what state r u in to
Where did you get the ground distribution connectors
If I don't have a 4 way, could I just use the back tap for the ground wires for other accessories?
You could. I have started using fuse blocks with grounding blocks built in now.
@@Fentertainment are you using same size fuse on grounding block as well?
My only concern for your install......the inverter mount. That thing is going to get juicy in there.
I uploaded this video April of 2020. I have the same converter in the same spot! That cart has seen some things and with that being said, its still going strong!
I replaced my converter with the one you suggested. Apparently that wasn’t my problem. There’s a fuse on the red wire that keeps blowing. It’s the same problem i had before. Can you advise how to find the short with a voltmeter?
You would need to set the volt meter to continuity. Put one leg of the meter on the red wire and the other leg of the meter to the power wires going to the accessories. If you added a fuse block between the red output wire and the accessories the fuse should blow. Then you can trace each accessory power wire.
Would like to drive a spray rig off a 48 to 12 converter. The spray pump is 12 volts rated at a maximum of 10 amps. Any pitfalls I should look out for?
No, I believe you will be fine. This converter is rated for 30amps.
I need you to post how to connect your converter to light kit ASAP. I'm stuck!!!!
same here
Did you connect the ground wire to the same battery or to the battery on the far end opposite of the + wire?
The ground wire goes to the pack negative wire. You also you the same ground for the 12v accessories
Great videos! I’m doing the same install on the exact same cart.
Awesome Man, I hope the video helps.I cant wait to install some product!
Same here!
Very helpful. Thank you 🙏
Do you have recommendations were to get the 5 gain fuse panel box, or what make and model
I out some links in the description. For somereason i cant find the 5 panel again.
@@Fentertainment I have a 2009 EZ GO RXV golf cart. There are four wires going to the position selector.
The colors are green,white,red,and yellow. Can you tell which wire is for power off when the key is switched off?
I appreciate any help that you can give me.
Thanks!
Hi Ryan, I ordered 3 of these converters from Amazon and i had to return all of them, though they show in the pictures and the details they were 5 wires, all of the converters i received had only 4 wires on the wire harness with the Blue wire for memory missing , can you tell me where i get a converter with the Blue memory wire and if there's a part # on the converter to make sure i get the correct unit, i need the memory for the radio i'm installing in the cart.
I just looked at the link and not sure why but the blue wire on it has been removed. I've never seen one of these blue converters sold without the blue memory wire. I just found another with the blue wire still on it. I will update that link now but to save you a few clicks this is it - amzn.to/3cQZtzQ
Do I use the voltage converter as the power source for the light kit, or do I wire lights directly to two batteries bypassing the converter
The voltage converter is used for all the 12v accessories like lights, leds, radio etc etc...
@@Fentertainment thanks I thought so, but wanted to make sure. Keep the videos coming, great Job
Is it really safe to mount the converter there with water, snow, even a power washer when cleaning off mud???
It’s waterproof so it’s safe. The converter also has a fusible link in case it grounds out.
Why didn't you put this in the battery compartment instead being "exposed" to the elements? Was space an issue?
Not really. I put the converter in the factory location. I just wanted it out of the way however it is sealed and waterproof.
What gauge wire are you running to the battery from the converter? Thanks for your work
12ga I think.
how waterproof are the converter
Good job! :)
You mentioned a link to the converter, not seeing it below. Any chance you can reply with the brand you prefer/used in the video?
I put the video link in the description. In that video is a link to it bit i will add it once i get to my imac.
Great video! Thanks!
Hi, The converter is sold out on Amazon. Any other converter suggestions or sources? Thanks.
This is the same one. amzn.to/2Orfpcc
Keep up the dope content! sty cnnted
Good one bud!
Great video!!!
Where did you get the 5 gang fuse block for the accessories?
Good question. Never seem one
NICE VIDEO!
How did you hook up the light kit to the distribution block. Which wire goes to the block. I've looked and can't find you doing a video on it.
I didn’t do a video on that kit. I wish I would’ve because so many have asked for it. I have another cart I will be building and I have a light kit for it and will do it. Basically your power goes to a fused portion of the distribution block and the ground goes to the ground side.
Need help, bought this converter, installed into a 6 battery 48v system. But it only produces 6v out the blue and red wires. This is the second one I’ve gotten that has done this, am I missing something?
Are you installing the power and ground to the same battery?
@@Fentertainment no, it’s across the pack, and the batteries are charged sitting at 52V
@@MsTravo315 shouldn't. Yellow to 48v +, black to 48v last ground and to accessory ground block, green switch 48v input, blue 48v constant low amperage (memory) and red 12v output 30a output. I've never had a problem with any. But like anything else man made, could a bad batch.
@@Fentertainment yeah, all set up accordingly, I’ll have try a different brand, thanks for help brother
I keep losing my keyed switch wire signal to turn the unit on. I’ve tried two converters already and same result. It works good the first time then after that nothing any suggestions?
What size fuses do you put in fuse block for the accessories?
Usually accessories will come with a inline fuse. I usually cut the that fuse off and use thefuse that was included in the fuse block. Make sense?
Great question. I was going to ask the same thing. I’m going to install a headlight kit and a fast charge usb (both bought separately) but they don’t have fuses included. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
@@Fentertainment yes but not all accessories come with a fuse in that case what size would you use?
@@franciscocano7769 That's weird every headlight kit I have purchased has had fuses. I think you would do fine with a 10a fuse on the headlight kit and probably 5a on the usb charger.
@fentertainment I ended up getting the Majdak ultimate light kit and it came with a converter but notice it does not integrate with the key switch as your prior video demonstrated with the converter you installed. Would you use the one that comes with kit or still buy a converter if you were me?
I just hooked mine up and it started making a buzzing noise. It seemed pretty simple. My black wire goes to the main battery pack and so do my accessories? Correct?
Yes
Hi! Did you ever figure that buzzing noise out? I'm having the same issue when I connect my light kit to the fuse block.
What guage wire you use? Just ordered ours today
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Is this the same thing as a voltage reducer?
Yes
I have an 07 club cart, its bone stock, what do you recommend as far as upgrade without getting to ridiculous?
Well So far I have done 4 different videos and shown the before and afters. Its up to you man. I wasnt going to carry this cart far but i have already ordered the navitas ac kit and will be doing a full video on that as well!. Might even try and go taller with it with bigger wheels. Its whatever you want yours to be like tho.
Fentertainment what does the AC kit do? I ordered the controller from them and waiting on it to get here.
What gauge wire are you using for all of this?
Pretty sure its 12ga.
@@Fentertainment thanks, I think I will do that as well to be safe, I started working with 14, but will switch to 12.
I missed the link on where to purchase the converter thanks,
in the description of the video.
should never use t-taps in anything, crimp and heatshrink all connections...
Is there a simple version of this video?!? This requires like $200 in extra parts and random stuff.
😂
Where did you get the 4 way crimp connector?
I put some links in the videos description