# Does the delta q charger need ground wire to charge properly **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143 "2022-05-04T23:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nomo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Nomo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/1 "2022-05-04T23:14:23Z")
My wife ripped the extension cord out of the charging socket with a twisting king fu motion and the ground from the cart is still in the extension cord. She swears it was like that when she found it. My question is will the dq charger work properly or will it the plug need to be replaced? What are problems that could happen with out it? It seems to be charging. I had to try it. ---
**Author:** ![AssyRequired](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/assyrequired/32/7621_2.png) [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/2 "2022-05-04T23:24:07Z")
Sure- no prob. It’ll still work fine. Hazards? Don’t park your cart in the pool and try to charge it. Does she also handle the pickle jar without your help? ---
**Author:** ![JarJarJava](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jarjarjava/32/15158_2.png) [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/3 "2022-05-04T23:24:43Z")
Don’t piss her off, she might rip something else off later tonight… The plug on the outside of the GEM is made by Marinco it’s a marine power plug for supplying shore power to a boat. It’s connected to a c13 cord (computer power cord) that plugs into a pigtail coming off the Delta q. Should be a very easy fix ---
**Author:** ![Nomo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nomo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Nomo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/4 "2022-05-04T23:33:31Z")
Few. Now I can guilt her into upgrades ---
**Author:** ![Erniea15](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/erniea15/32/10887_2.png) [@Erniea15](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Erniea15)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/5 "2022-05-05T01:17:17Z")
> [@Nomo](#): > > Few. Now I can guilt her into upgrade Probably need to get rid of the car because she made it unsafe and get a 2022 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![djgabriel2004](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/djgabriel2004/32/12304_2.png) [@djgabriel2004](https://community.electricforum.com/u/djgabriel2004)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/does-the-delta-q-charger-need-ground-wire-to-charge-properly/24143/6 "2022-05-05T06:40:33Z")
It should be grounded, you can buy a marine plug on Amazon or I might have a replacement from one of my j1772 conversions.