subject: Maximizing Your Golf Cart Battery Life [print this page] Maximizing Your Golf Cart Battery Life Maximizing Your Golf Cart Battery Life
If you wish to avoid damaging your golf cart batteries, be sure to only purchase an approved cart battery charger. You can usually find the information for the battery charger type you will need by referencing your owners manual. Depending on your exact golf cart model, you will either need a 36 or 48 V DC battery charging system. If you no longer have your owner's information, you can also get this information directly from the manufacturer as well. Before you call your cart manufacturer, you will need to provide them with certain information to identify your golf cart. Most likely, they will want to know the serial number for your particular golf cart.
You can find the serial number usually inscribed on a small metal plate, located in the passenger compartment of yourcallaway diablo edge irons. Avoid buying generic industrial battery chargers which are used for devices such as electric forklift pallet jacks. Make sure that your battery charger has a trickle charge function as well. This is very important if you plan on storing your cart over the winter time. You should never store your cart for extended periods of time, unless you have your batteries hooked up to the trickle charger. The trickle charger is responsible for maintaining your batteries in a fully charged state, so that they do not run dry.
If you allow your batteries to fully discharge, you will dramatically decrease the life of your batteries by up to 50%. You can also maintain your batteries longer, if you do not store your golf cart in your car garage. Storing your cart in temperatures over 100 for extended periods of time will also dramatically shorten the life of your golf cart batteries. If you properly maintain your cart batteries, you can expect them to last for approximately 1000 full charging cycles. Depending on what area of the country you live in, this can mean that your batteries will last as long as six full years.
