Hello!
Upgrading my daughter's Power Wheels Dune Racer to 18v. I purchased a 18v battery from Juice Box (12v+6v batteries) and also purchased an adapter for the stock Power Wheel battery to pos/neg wires for the new one.
My question is the adapter has a 40amp inline fuse and everytime I hook the 18v battery to the racer and press the peddle it instantly blows the fuse.. Jump wire from negative of 6 volt battery to positive of 12volt battery then negative of power wheel to negative of 12volt battery and positive of power wheel to positive of 6 volt.
Am I reverse something? Wiring issue? Do I need to rewire it? Help?
Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
Re: Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
I picked up the dude race from a local thrift shop with no battery but I assumed that was the only thing wrong... I haven't done anything to it other than paint it.
When they sent the batteries they also sent four 40A fuses.
1st fuse - 18v, installed everything correctly blew fuse in 1 gear when gas was pressed.
2nd fuse - 12v only, blew fuse in 1 gear when gas was pressed.
3rd fuse - 6v only, took about one full second after pressing the gas for the fuse to blow.
4th fuse - I took a shot in the dark and reversed the jump wire on the 2 batteries and blew the fuse as soon as I pressed the gas.
I haven't touched any of the stock wiring in the racer but I'm completely open to the idea just have no idea where to start looking for a short or some wiring issue..
When they sent the batteries they also sent four 40A fuses.
1st fuse - 18v, installed everything correctly blew fuse in 1 gear when gas was pressed.
2nd fuse - 12v only, blew fuse in 1 gear when gas was pressed.
3rd fuse - 6v only, took about one full second after pressing the gas for the fuse to blow.
4th fuse - I took a shot in the dark and reversed the jump wire on the 2 batteries and blew the fuse as soon as I pressed the gas.
I haven't touched any of the stock wiring in the racer but I'm completely open to the idea just have no idea where to start looking for a short or some wiring issue..
Re: Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
Well darn...... Like you said 2am does weird things to you, haha! I was testing the battery while in 2nd (all the way forward) the whole time!
With that said... Would that just mean blown motor or motors? Nothing moved at all when I pressed the gas just an instant pop of the fuse.
I'm going to swing by and pick up some more 40A fuses tomorrow and test again in 1st (middle position).
With that said... Would that just mean blown motor or motors? Nothing moved at all when I pressed the gas just an instant pop of the fuse.
I'm going to swing by and pick up some more 40A fuses tomorrow and test again in 1st (middle position).
Re: Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
Found a couple 30A fuses laying around and decided to try with those and still blew..
1st gear with 18v, blew
Reverse with just the 6v, blew
Haha.... I think I'm taking this thing apart! Any idea on where to start looking for motor(s) or gearbox?
1st gear with 18v, blew
Reverse with just the 6v, blew
Haha.... I think I'm taking this thing apart! Any idea on where to start looking for motor(s) or gearbox?
Re: Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
Had some time to take the racer apart today and I'm not sure how the wires could get crossed up? Maybe I'm just not understanding.... Hahah either way, I attached some pictures of how the wires are currently set up.
Gas pedal
Gear box
Gas pedal
Gear box
Re: Dune racer 18v upgrade fuse issue
Well gentlemen... I can't thank you enough!
Swapped the red/orange wires, connected the full 18v (12+6v) battery and bingo, bongo, bango! She's up and running! darn near gave me a heart attack when I pressed the pedal! Lol I didn't think to lift the back tires up and the darn thing jumped across the garage! I tired 1st, 2nd and reverse and everything works perfect!
MLToys, I'll give this a few test runs but I'll most likely be ordering the break reduction module you linked. Thanks for that!
Hammer, you're a legend in my book! When we bought it for $20 I didn't have high hopes! $60 battery and a few fuses later and it's good as new! Thanks a million!
Swapped the red/orange wires, connected the full 18v (12+6v) battery and bingo, bongo, bango! She's up and running! darn near gave me a heart attack when I pressed the pedal! Lol I didn't think to lift the back tires up and the darn thing jumped across the garage! I tired 1st, 2nd and reverse and everything works perfect!
MLToys, I'll give this a few test runs but I'll most likely be ordering the break reduction module you linked. Thanks for that!
Hammer, you're a legend in my book! When we bought it for $20 I didn't have high hopes! $60 battery and a few fuses later and it's good as new! Thanks a million!