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Old 12-27-2020, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
A lady was going down street in old electric cart and batteries blew up throwing her out cart hit curb and turned over about 3 years ago in my area. Electric still require some routine maintenance, especially battery connections, corrosion control, and water level if lead acid. Lithium batteries are still kind of new technology see what problems May develop in few years.
Been several other products with lithium batteries with overheating and fire problems.
Oh my. That is just awful for her. I wonder when she last had her cart serviced? Isn't that something that can be prevented with routine maintenance?
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