Daymak C5 Blast Go Kart User manual

C5 Blast Go Kart
User Manual

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Components
1) Seat
2) Tires ( x 4)
3) Main Battery Pack
4) Throttle
5) Brake
6) Ignition
7) Steering Wheel
8) EDF Motors ( x 8)
9) EDF Battery Packs
10) EDF Motor Control
11) Cooling System

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Safety
Congratulations on your purchase of the Daymak C5 Blast Go Kart. You will be experi-
ence speed and thrills beyond your imagination with this high powered electric go kart.
This is an extremely powerful unit and needs to be treated with utmost care and re-
sponsibility. Please adhere to ALL safety measures before operating this Go Kart.
Make sure that your battery power is suffi cient before you go out to ride
Familiarize yourself with the operation of the vehicle before attempting to ride it.
Keep both hands fi rm on the steering wheel while riding.
Do not ride with more than 1 passenger
Do not ride this Go Kart without proper helmet protective elbow and knee gear. The
rider may experience head injury or possibly death in case of an accident
Do not try to operate the unit while charging.
Do not let anyone uner the age of 18 years old operate this vehicle.
Do not operate this unit up extreme inclines to avoid tipping.
Take turns gently and allow yourself ample braking distance before coming to them.
Do not operate under the infl uence of any use of drugs or alcohol
Do not operate in unsafe weather conditions.
Do not operate on public roads
Do not submerge the unit in water.
Do not wear loose clothes, or uneven footwear.
Do not operate while pregnant.

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Operation
Powering on the unit
Once you have went through all the safety mea-
sures seen on the previous page you are ready to
power on the go kart.
To turn on the Go Kart without EDF motors just
insert the key below the steering wheel and turn
the key clockwise as seen on the right.
To turn off the Go kart turn the key counterclock-
wise and remove the key.
If you plan on using the EDF motors see the next
page.

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Powering on the EDF Motors
You will fi nd 8 sets of negative and
positive cables that you will need to plug
together connecting red to red and black
to black.
If you are powering on ALL the EDF mo-
tors ensure you turn on a balanced even
set of motors.
Example. If you are powering on two
motors, power the upper left and low-
er right.
Once your desired amount of motors are
connected turn the ignition on as seen
on the previous page.
Please note that the EDF motors do not
have an off switch, so they will continue
to drain your battery as long as they are
plugged in.
We recommend unplugging either the
negative or positive cable when not in
use.
*Minor Sparks are normal when plug-
ging in the EDF motors*

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Powering on the EDF Motors (cont.d)
Turn the EDF motor control so that the
arrow is pointing to the lowest setting
(counterclockwise).
Once the arrow is pointing to the lowest
point. Look for the blue button on the
steering wheel (see page 8). Press and
hold that until the control box lights up
blue as see here.
Once the light is lit. Turn the throttle
arrow clockwise to the desire amount of
power you want to receive.
You are now ready to go!

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Riding the Unit
Your steering wheel will control whether
you are turning left or right. You will fi nd
two buttons on the steering wheel
1) Reverse button - Press this once to
go in reverse. Press it again to go for-
ward.
2) EDF Motor power - To start the EDF
Motor control press and hold this for
two seconds to turn on. (See page 7 for
more info). To engage the EDF Motors
you must hold that button down as long
as you want them on. Release this but-
ton to turn off the motors.
When you are ready to ride look push
the right pedal down as seen on the right
with your right foot.
1) Throttle - This will give you power
to the Go kart and move it. Press this
extremely lightly to guage how much
power it gives.
On the left you will have your braking
mechanism press this when you need to
slow down with your left foot.
1) Brake - This will cut all power to the
Go kart and begin to slow down. You
must release the brakes completly be-
fore you can engage the power again.

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Charging the unit
Read this fi rst
The below diagrams will show you how to charge the batteries as if the batteries were not situated to
the go kart for ease of explanation.
Do Not remove the batteries off the go-kart to charge the batteries. Bring the charger to the individu-
al batteries and charge them sequentially.
In each pack blue pack, there is 2 sets
of 6 cells. In each set you will fi nd the
following:
1 x positive charging cable.
1 x negative charging cable.
1 x Cell balance cable.
All 3 must be plugged in the manner
shown on the next page.
When charging the main battery pack
seen on the right make sure to accu-
rately trace which cable goes to which
battery pack .

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Charging the unit (cont'd)
1) Powerbank - This needs to
be connected to the main power
source 110V/220V Outlet.
2) 110V / 220V Outlet - This is
where you get power from your
home, offi ce etc.
3) Lithium Charger Set 1 - This
is used to charge 6 out of the 12
cells in the pack (see previous
page for more info)
4) Lithium Charger Set 2 - This
is used to charge the other 6 out
of the 12 cells in the pack (see
previous page for more info
5) Lithium battery - This is the
battery that you would charge.
(Do not remove the battery form
the go-kart)
6) Cell balance Set 1 - This pro-
vides info of each individual cell
to ensure battery is charged and
balanced for fi rst set.
7) Cell balance Set 2 - This pro-
vides info of each individual cell
to ensure battery is charged and
balanced for second set.
8) Postive / Negative cable Set
1 - Used to charge set 1
9) Postive / Negative cable Set
2 - Used to charge set 2

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Charging the unit (cont'd)
Procedure
Plug the Powerbank {1} into a 110V / 220V outlet {2} as seen on the previous page.
Turn on the switch as seen on the right on
the power bank.
This will provide power to the Lithium
charger {3 + 4}
Plug the Positive, Negative and Balance cables on one side of the battery to the lithium charger
Set 1 {3}.

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Charging the unit (cont'd)
Repeat the above process with the cables from the other side of the battery to the lithium charger
set 2 {4}
Once you have connected all 6 connection points you are ready to charge the battery. Now you must
set the Lithium charger sets to the right settings.
1) Enter - Press this once to change the Amp output (It should
be at 4.5A). Press it another to change the number of cells (It
should be at 6)
2) Inc - Increase the value of a setting. Also chooses between
battery functions (It should be at Charge)
3) Dec - Decrease the value of a setting Also chooses between
battery functions (It should be at Charge)
4) Batt / Prog - Change the type of battery. (It should be at
LiPo)
Cell Set 1
5) Enter - Press this once to change the Amp output (It
should be at 4.5A). Press it another to change the number of
cells (It should be at 6)
6) Inc - Increase the value of a setting. Also chooses between
battery functions (It should be at Charge)
7) Dec - Decrease the value of a setting Also chooses be-
tween battery functions (It should be at Charge)
8) Batt / Prog - Change the type of battery. (It should be at
LiPo)
Cell Set 2

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Operating the Lithium Charger
Step 1
Now that everything is connected. Press {4} and {8}
until each display is showing LiPo.
Step 2
After press {2} and {6} so both displays read charge.
Step 3
Press {1} and {5} once. You will see the number of
Amps fl ashing. Press the Increase {2 + 6} or the De-
crease {3 + 4} until that number reaches 4.5. Once
you have the proper amount of Amps press enter {1}
and {5} again.
Step 4
Now the amount of cells should be fl ashing. Press
the Increase {2 + 6} or the Decrease {3 + 4} until that
number reaches 6. Once you have chosen the proper
amount of cells press enter {1} and {5} again.
Step 5
Finally press and hold the Enter buttons {1} and {5}
and press each one more time to begin charging.
A timer will start running and you are good to go!
*Feel free to do step 1 through
5 with one set and then repeat
with the next set*

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Operating the Lithium Charger (cont'd)
To get more information on the individual cell voltage press the Inc buttons {2 + 4} .
To get the total percentage of the charge press it two more times.
To get back to the original screen press Enter {1 + 5}
To STOP charging. Press the Batt/Prog Button {4 + 8}
Charging Notes
This process needs to be repeated for each battery pack that you have on the Go Kart. Charging times per pack should
be up to an hour. Do not overcharge any of the packs.
The images of the battery off the go kart is for DEMONSTRATION purposes. Do not remove the battery to charge them.
Disconnect the cables that connect it to the go kart. Plug the charger into those cables. Once it is completely charge
reconnect them to the go-kart and charge the next battery.

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1: HPCC72700 72v 700A controller
2: HPM20KL-07D-PZ 20KW liquid cooling BLDC motor
3: Hobbywing 200A ESC
4 :Tppower 560KV EDF
5: 10X4.50-5 tire/wheel
6: 11X7.10-5 tire/wheel
7: 12s 5000mAH Li-po Battery
8: cooling system
9: cable/throttle
10: brake switch
11:reverse switch
12:ESC switch
13:ESC tester( throttle)
14: contactor
15:ignition
16: motor mount
17: EDF mount /frame
18: efuel 1200w power supply
19:ultimate duo 1400w charger
20: wiring /hardware/ heat shrink tube /etc.
Parts List
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