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Receptacle and plug Herb and Eneva 04-30-2007
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Posted by Herb and Eneva on April 30, 2007, 3:49 pm


I have a gas powered golf cart that is seldom used and the starting
battery is usualy dead. I would like to install a receptacle on the side
of the cart with wires going to the battery so I can plug in a trickle
charger and will not have to lift the seat and hook up various leads. If
I can keep the trickle charger plugged in then the battery should stay
charged. Do y`all think this is practical? What size wire
should I use? TIA Herb


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Posted by N8N on April 30, 2007, 4:09 pm


On Apr 30, 3:49 pm, hern...@webtv.net (Herb and Eneva) wrote:
> I have a gas powered golf cart that is seldom used and the starting
> battery is usualy dead. I would like to install a receptacle on the side
> of the cart with wires going to the battery so I can plug in a trickle
> charger and will not have to lift the seat and hook up various leads. If
> I can keep the trickle charger plugged in then the battery should stay
> charged. Do y`all think this is practical? What size wire
> should I use? TIA Herb

Look into a "battery tender," sounds like what you need there.

nate



Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on April 30, 2007, 4:18 pm



> I have a gas powered golf cart that is seldom used and the starting
> battery is usualy dead. I would like to install a receptacle on the side
> of the cart with wires going to the battery so I can plug in a trickle
> charger and will not have to lift the seat and hook up various leads. If
> I can keep the trickle charger plugged in then the battery should stay
> charged. Do y`all think this is practical? What size wire
> should I use? TIA Herb
>

Sure. Use the same size wire as the trickle charger. Use a polarized plug
so you cannot cross the positive and negative..



Posted by dadiOH on April 30, 2007, 4:20 pm


Herb and Eneva wrote:
> I have a gas powered golf cart that is seldom used and the
> starting battery is usualy dead. I would like to install a
> receptacle on the side of the cart with wires going to the battery
> so I can plug in a trickle charger and will not have to lift the
> seat and hook up various leads. If I can keep the trickle charger
> plugged in then the battery should stay charged. Do y`all
> think this is practical?

Sure. I did it with a garden tractor so I could plug in a
sprayer....body is ground so I just ran a wire from battery + to
receptacle, body to other side of receptacle.

> What size wire should I use?

Look at the wires from the trickle charger that would normally hook to
battery...that size is fine. Probably #16, maybe even #18.


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Posted by Chris Friesen on April 30, 2007, 4:35 pm


Herb and Eneva wrote:
> I have a gas powered golf cart that is seldom used and the starting
> battery is usualy dead. I would like to install a receptacle on the side
> of the cart with wires going to the battery so I can plug in a trickle
> charger and will not have to lift the seat and hook up various leads. If
> I can keep the trickle charger plugged in then the battery should stay
> charged. Do y`all think this is practical? What size wire
> should I use? TIA Herb
>

Are you planning on leaving the trickle charger on the cart, or do you
want to plug the output of the trickle charger onto a receptacle on the
cart?

If the second one is what you're after, then there are all kinds of
possibilities, but I would stay away from standard home outlet receptacles.

Powercon or XLR connectors would both be available at audio supply
places. Another simple alternative would be an IEC C18 receptacle,
although you'd probably have to go to an electronics place for that.

Chris

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