Posted by Gene Davis (Ga.) on June 02, 2013 at 16:53:29 from (98.80.207.181):
In Reply to: Re: OT Golf Cars posted by gene bender on June 02, 2013 at 06:38:08:
The life of the batteries is more dependent on the owner than the batteries. They do require some attention for things like cleaning the corrosion and keeping the water topped off. The life of a battery is greatly compromised when you run it below a 60% state of charge. The more you look after a set of batteries, the longer they last you. I customarily get 7-8 years out of the ones in my 1989 Yamaha G-2 electric. The major thing you have to consider is that the more the battery weighs shows how much lead is used in the construction of the battery. More lead means more amp hours of use. Cheap batteries really lack this for oomph. If you look at the cheaper batteries most of the time they are going to have less lead in the cells and will be lighter.
Always remember that most of the time you get what you pay for. Carts that are running the old 36 volt resistor coil technology common until the early to mid 90's on most brands will use more battery power than the newer 48 volt units. We have 48Volt Club Car Precedent carts at the golf course where I work and with the 6 8volt battery setup they are able to go 18 holes on a course with some steep hills and then are plugged in every day. We also monitor the battery energy units used and rotate the carts so we equalize the load and do a complete service of them each 3 months. We spot check them for needing water when we read the meters each month and fill batteries if needed. True gas carts will out distance an average electric setup, but wait till they come up against some of these guys running 72 volt carts on the drag strip and they are also some experimenting with converting the 72 volt d;c; to ac and such. They do a lot of off roading and hill climbing with them. It all boils down to what you like. I have both and for grand kids just riding all day of course the gas is better. The rule here at this house if you run it as much as 10 minutes you plug it up and no riding past 30 minutes continuously which keeps the state of charge above 60%. The quietness of the electrics is what appeals to me.
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