Golf cart battery melted..!!

[al cole'holic]

..holy shit, anyone melt a battery before in a cart?? Why did it happen...?...on 1 battery in my 36V Ez Go the terminals completely melted away! :jawdrop:
I was on a long run the other night with 4 of us total on the cart...

[racecar.hotshoe]

there must be a short somewhere..

[phebus]

Could have been due to loose battery cables or corrosion.

[sdpm]

Could have been due to loose battery cables or corrosion.
What he said. If you upgrade the cable size it helps the battery and controller life.

[al cole'holic]

...a short and loose cables, I will have to check it all out when I replace the battery...thanks.

[phebus]

It's important to keep all connections clean and tight. A long hard run will discharge the battery at a good rate, and discharging causes gassing of the battery which will lead to heat in the loose or dirty terminal end.
If the battery is still a good battery (other then the bad terminals), it can be repaired.

[sdpm]

Sounds like you have been down this road. I have once and won't again!

[chub]

If it melted the terminal it was a loose connection. Heat in a circuit is directly related to resistance. Loose dirty connections create heat.

[wsuwrhr]

This thread is worthless without pictures.

[Wet Dream]

Melted Battery Terminal:
Loose translation = Poor Preventative Maintenance :p

[phebus]

Too much boost on the flux capacitor :D

[chub]

Too much boost on the flux capacitor :D
He may have overloaded his hysterysis ring! :)

[sdpm]

Don't you guys know anything? Ball Bearings! Everythings Ball Bearings! :rollside:

[Schiada76]

Were you running it on a treadmill? :idea:

[BadKachina]

A go-cart is standing on a runway that can move (like a giant conveyor
belt). This conveyor has a control system that tracks the go-cart's
speed and tunes the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same (but
in the opposite direction) instantly.
Will the battery melt? :idea: :boxed: