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Old 02-21-2011, 11:07 PM
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1. Use only distilled water

2. Fill to correct level after charging, ONLY

3. Correct level is 1/2 inch above elements (use a popsicle stick and draw a line at 1/2 inch)

4. Check your battery connections to make sure they're still tight and so each battery is
being used properly and being charged properly.

5.Do this at least once a month.

6. When charging cart after use, wait at least 20 minutes to let batteries COOL DOWN.
This will save you a lot of headaches.

I've followed these procedures for 2 years with my older cart and 1 1/2 years with my newer, and my batteries are in pristine condition and I've never boiled over and take each cart over 50 miles on a charge and probably more if I wanted to chance it.

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