# Excessive Inrush current blows fuse.

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/excessive-inrush-current-blows-fuse/13354>\
**Category:** Ruff & Tuff\
**Created:** [February 19, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/excessive-inrush-current-blows-fuse/13354 "2018-02-19T01:40:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![RWilkes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@RWilkes](https://community.electricforum.com/u/RWilkes)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/excessive-inrush-current-blows-fuse/13354/1 "2018-02-19T01:40:44Z")

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Ruff & Tuff Golf Cart, 2008 TREV Cruiser 4PA  
Several months ago, I started experiencing intermittent problems with start-up. Press the pedal and nothing happens. Try and try again. Eventually, at mid throttle, the unit responds and lurches forward. (Don’t think I ever experienced that in reverse.)

Thought it might be the relays, so removed both forward & reverse, cleaned contacts, swapped and replaced them (they’re the same part). everything OK for about a month. Lately, and again, not al the time, there’s a “pickup” delay. But now the inrush is so high that it blows the 20 A fuse, killing lights, horn, brake lights, etc. Power part of the circuit still works AOK so the cart runs.

Anybody have any idea how to troubleshoot/resolve the problem? I don’t have any local mechanics local who know R&T.