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Old 01-20-2022, 11:58 PM
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How do lithium "aftermarket" sellers deal with the weight difference when upgrading AGM or lead acid to lithium on an existing golf cart?

The difference in weight for lithium is enormous (lithium is multitudes lighter) and an electric golf cart needs that weight to prevent tipping if it wasn't initially designed for lithium. DO they add "ballast" to make up for the weight loss? The heavy lead batteries weight is part of the engineering of the GC. You can be talking hundreds of pounds for standard batteries vs (just guessing) under 50 for lithium. My lithium "cart" uses a 60V system which gets converted to 12V for the heat, a/c and other stuff. The motor is direct drive 60V.
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