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Old 09-12-2022, 09:36 AM
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Default Charging Your Golf Cart

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Originally Posted by Greg L View Post
Let town for 6 weeks and forgot to put cart on charger. Got home and it was dead and the charger will not turn on. Someone told me I have to jump charge the batteries so there is enough power to rum the onboard charging computer. Any advise appreciated
Couple of points to consider (assuming you have a gas cart with 12 volt battery):
[*]You probably should borrow someone's car battery charger and put a fresh charge into yours[*]Secondly, you can get a "trickle" charger at Walmart for under $20 that you can hook up to your battery when your not using it and that will keep a steady, full charge on it. I use these for my motorcycle and carts for years. (Don't leave home without one )[*]Your battery shouldn't run down just sitting there. You may have something drawing power when everything should be off. You might want to have that checked out also

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