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How To Install A
Golf Cart Battery Meter
Before you begin install-
ing a golf cart battery me-
ter, wear safety goggles to
protect your eyes.
• Keep away from objects
that are lying or hanging
loose when you use
drills, high-speed rotary
tools, etc.
• Wear comfortable fitting
shirts and pants.
• Pull back your hair and
tie it up tightly.
Tools needed
• Dremel to cut the slot for meter
• Holesaw and drill, if you have a
round meter
• Digital or analog voltage meter
• Razor knife
• Screwdrivers
• Wire cutters and wire stripper
• Vice grips or crimper
• Butane torch or lighter
• Now connect the signal terminal
wire on the meter to the ignition.
Add a jumper from the ignition
switch to the tab on the battery
gauges bottom.
• This signal wire will ensure that
your meter starts working only
when you turn on your golf cart.
Note: Certain golf cart models will
need wires running from the positive
and negative terminals on the bat-
tery bank to detect the battery bank
voltage.
List of supplies
• Desired length of wire 14-18 gauge
• Heat shrink or electrical tape
• To install your meter
Installing an Analog Meter
• Butt connectors
in the dash, you’ll need
• An analog meter has a positive and
• F2 terminal connectors
~3 pieces of 8-12 inches
negative connection terminal in
• Mounting screws
of wire which are 14-18
each gauge. Connect the negative
gauges.
terminal to the negative terminal of
• Prep the end of your wires
the main battery bank.
using crimpers.
• Now connect the positive terminal to the positive terminal of
• Prep the terminals and butt
the “switched” side of the key switch.
connectors using wire strippers. • The “switched” side of the key switch has power only when the
• Attach the butt connectors and
golf cart is running.
connectors to your wires.
• This will ensure that the gauge is off when the golf cart is not in
use.
A Club Car Precedent will have an
extra wire set in the wire har-
Installing a Digital Meter
ness seated behind the dash and
• The digital meters have three terminals in place of two,
the ignition switch. Connect the
labeled 1,2 and 4.
wires that you’ve prepared with
• Connect 1 to the main battery bank’s positive terminal
these wires.
Installation
If you’ve connected them prop-
erly, the meter should indicate
~48V or 51Vprovided you’ve a
fully charged battery.
and 2 to its negative terminal.
• Connect 4’s positive terminal to the positive side or the
“switched” side of the key switch to make use of the LED
function of the meter.
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