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Originally Posted by annie2
Our renters have just informed us that they have been plugging in (and charging the cart batteries) every single night even though they have not been using the cart. Somehow they misunderstood us and thought it had to be charged every night even if it was not used during the day. The batteries are brand new (not even 2 weeks old). Has this done any damage to the cart? (It was going on for about one week)
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I just want to stress again the importance of battery maintenance. We were taught a very expensive lesson by our home watch who was supposed to be maintaining our home and performing golf cart maintenance for us.
Battery water will boil off with each charge and through use. The levels must be maintained above the plates and require checking on a regular schedule.
As “CARTFIXER” stated have someone actually check your battery water and charge, and if they will drive the cart around for a bit even better.
Our maintenance person never checked the water until we said we were coming for a visit, our cart sat there unattended and through lack of proper maintenance cost us nearly $800.00 in new batteries.
Just recycling the battery charger every night, even if the charger recognizes a full charge could speed up the electrolyte dissipation and cause you some expensive problems too.
Good Luck!