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Old 02-23-2016, 09:23 AM
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Once while visiting, before we built our home, we rented an elect cart which was not fully charged when given to us. We had no clue. Ran out of power at SeaBreeze. We had an onboard charger and a 50 ft cord. We checked with the staff at SeaBreeze and they told us to go ahead and plug in using the outdoor outlet. I don't think they checked with a "higher power". They were just happy to help out.

On another note. We have 2 electric carts and have been told not to charge them for a short period. That actually diminishes the full charge capacity. When charging it drains the batteries first then takes several hrs to charge to full capacity. Therefore, a charging station would need to be used for several (4-5) hrs to really charge a golf cart.

The tesla charging stations are super high capacity and can charge the tesla in 45 minutes. Not at all the same type batteries or chargers.