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Originally Posted by Villageshooter
a special, thank you to everyone that commented to help me solve my problem with my dead battery in my golf cart,, I did go to Walmart and purchase one of those instant jumpstart boxes, I used it to start the cart. It started right off. I did take a trip in the cart down to Finney and back which was almost a two hour trip. The battery has gotten completely charged. I have it set overnight and it fired off first thing this morning., I did use a volt meter on the current setting to see if there was a constant drain on the battery and there was absolutely no current flowing. So I think we are good, thank you so much for everyone for the suggestions. I did order a trickle charger for it so that when I leave again if there’s any problems.
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Glad you got it working. Definitely a good idea to use a battery tender when not there for an extended period of time. Also, if you have a Yamaha, use your volt meter to check out the charging voltage. Some Yamahas charging voltage is too high which can prematurely kill the battery. Put the cart in neutral with a wedge under a tire and check the voltage while holding the gas pedal to the floor. If the voltage is over 15, especially 16-17, it’s a good idea to fix the problem. There is an excellent thread on TOTV, authored by Villagetinker, that illustrates the fix.