Golf car charger question

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Hi, the power drive club car battery charger got 2 circuit breakers. One need to push it in order to reset it. This is not the charger on /off switch. My question is, what are they for. They are not labelled. I downloaded a golf car manual and it just says "15 circuit breaker". Was wondering if it trips, what is wrong.
One was faulty and it would not charge, I bypass it and now it works.

 

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A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit. Its basic function is to detect a fault condition and interrupt current flow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_breaker

It's there for a reason.

 

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Hi, the power drive club car battery charger got 2 circuit breakers. One need to push it in order to reset it. This is not the charger on /off switch. My question is, what are they for. They are not labelled. I downloaded a golf car manual and it just says "15 circuit breaker". Was wondering if it trips, what is wrong.
One was faulty and it would not charge, I bypass it and now it works.

Aaaand there goes your warrentee. There is a reason for the circuit breaker - it avoids high current, either if the battery is faulty, or external circuit is shorted. They are quite difficult to break.... so yeah.

 

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I am currently on holiday at the sea and 3 chargers here had the same problem, all older than 3 years, all 3 operating less than 200 meters from the sea.

 

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Pity that they don't label it