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Old 02-12-2020, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 View Post
the energy is in battery bank not the panel.

Also the point of going that far was a test, in real life you might go 25-35 miles in one day

Beyond that any cart will get uncomfortable sitting in that long
The most I’ve traveled via my golfcar was about 35-40 miles: Drove from Pine Ridge to Palmer Legend, played 18 holes driving my golfcar, drove back home to eat lunch. Then drove the golfcar to Cane Garden & played another 18, then drove back home. That’s with a passenger with his golf bag/clubs too. When done, the battery gauge is at 24%. Most likely the longest I will be driving the golfcar in a day although I still wanted to drive to Brownwood Square that evening which would’ve added another 12 miles round-trip. As I’ve been saying all along, I just want the solar panel to extend the range of the batteries; not as a replacement nor to charge fulltime. Thank you, -myk