Lithium battery

Bunkermagnet

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Yes leads attached. Trolley still works with old battery.
Did you charge the new battery up before use, and if so did you notice the charger light showing it was charging?
Have you checked the leads connected to the new battery are good? Sometimes when they crimp a terminal connector onto a lead they crimp onto the outer sheathing rather than the copper cable.
If the terminal crimping is correct, I would suggest the battery is no good, so it's "just" a case of contacting them and arranging a new one and yours sent back.
 

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If you can get to a golf club and try your new battery on somebody else’s trolley, always plenty of motorcaddy trolleys coming past. Then try their battery on yours, you will find out if it’s the trolley or battery at least.
 

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Might be teaching you to suck eggs, but have you checked the battery for an on/switch? You wouldn’t be the first (or last) to make such a basic error?

I’m not admitting to anything here - honest ?
 

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Might be teaching you to suck eggs, but have you checked the battery for an on/switch? You wouldn’t be the first (or last) to make such a basic error?

I’m not admitting to anything here - honest ?


I've actually seen this happen to a friend, he felt a bit of an idiot when he was told about the switch. It wasn't me... honest! :cool:
 

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Maybe there's something in the circuitry detects a non Motocaddy battery and therefore not all connections are made...
Good way to tie you I to replacing with the real thing.....

Would be surprised at that. I have an old S1, I replaced the original lead battery a couple of times with different lead batteries, and finally with a 3rd party lithium, that has been working fine for over 5 years.
 

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Did you charge the new battery up before use, and if so did you notice the charger light showing it was charging?
Have you checked the leads connected to the new battery are good? Sometimes when they crimp a terminal connector onto a lead they crimp onto the outer sheathing rather than the copper cable.
If the terminal crimping is correct, I would suggest the battery is no good, so it's "just" a case of contacting them and arranging a new one and yours sent back.
 

Mike58

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Sorry for the silence people. Speaking to power bug, it would appear that the battery is incompatible with my trolley even though they claim it was on the advert. Battery has now been returned and awaiting refund. Thanks for your thoughts and ideas.
 
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