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Originally Posted by KennyP View Post
The systems are notorious for over filling, under filling, or not filling at all. The system only knows how to fill the batteries one way, all the way full. Crazy thing is, you should never fill it all the way to the high level. My recommendation, when the wheel starts to slow, pull it off. I would also recommend, pulling the system off and checking it to make sure the floats are working correctly. Believe it or not, no good golf car tech would recommend the system. We do realize, that there are some applications it is necessary, but in a standard application we would not.
The spillage is under the two batteries at the start of the filler line so they are the two most likely to be overfilled first. It could well be the floats not working, or just a design fault.

It is a good idea in theory - speeds up the topping-up process considerably - but I would like to be able to use the white caps to determine when water is needed, but don't know exactly how to interpret them. Any help would be appreciated. Is it obvious, when standing by the cart, when they have disappeared, or do I need to squat down to the level of the top of the batteries?