After buying the cheap ones on Amazon I finally tried this one
It works great and fixed my charging issues
1992-Up Club Car Gas - Voltage Regulator
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The Club Car Gas Voltage Regulator has an essential job on your golf cart. Without it, the battery would not get charged properly and could even malfunction. You have a starter generator on your caddie that's name basically describes its function. It creates the needed energy to start the engine, and it produces the overcharge necessary to charge the battery. However, the level of charge that it is capable of putting out is impressive for its application.
Typical generators will put out almost 18-20 volts of recharge voltage for your battery. That is way too much. With that kind of power supplied, you could damage or even blow up your battery in a short amount of time. The golf cart voltage regulator takes that high output and drops it to a usable range of 13.5-15.5 volts. This will allow you to keep your battery charged and not have to worry about hooking anything up to a trickle when you get home. Call Buggies Unlimited and get one ordered today.
You should be able to use it. I sent you a diagram.
Ross this will work great for your cart the difference is this regulator has an external ground and the originals would ground them selves when bolted to the frame
Inside the plastic box by the air filter
Yes that's the only thing that controls how much it charges there's a strong possibility to that the battery could be hurt because it's only supposed to charge to 13:5 so you might want to consider getting a battery with it so you don't hurt the new regulator in case the battery is shorted internal
A voltage regulator has nothing to do with the starting circuit, if you are hearing the solenoid “click” when you press the accelerator then test the continuity through the solenoid when it clicks, you should have battery positive voltage on both large solenoid lugs (when you press the pedal). Then verify voltage to the starter motor, don’t forget to check grounding. If ok, suspect the starter motor for internal fault.
If it cranks over then the starter/generator is working. If it’s not charging then the voltage regulator would be the first thing I would look at. I live at the coast so I’ve had a lot of issues with bad connections from salty atmosphere and that can have the same symptoms as a bad regulator or solenoid.
Dale, the specs say yes it will fit, but I would compare it to the one you are replacing to be sure. Good luck,
I used this one on my 1992 model and it worked, and still is.
This is not oem this is aftermarket. This should fit your 2005 club car ds.
The regulator will put out a high voltage if the battery is low on charge. When i change out a regulator on a golf cart I always use a 120 volt car battery charger to bring the battery up to full charge. The generator and regulator would eventually bring the battery up to full charge but you might have to drive it a long, long way. The charging system on a cart is desinged to maintain the charge level on a battery.
This should work for most club cars 1992 and up.
