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Originally Posted by dgammon6
Hi AJ. Nice to see you are back at bringing us more battery information. My 4 year old T875 batteries finally gave out and I too purchased new T890's instead of trying to convert to 8, 6volt batteries. The reason, too much weight and cost of converting.
I bought the T890 in August, it did take a few charge cycles before I suddenly noticed a difference in power. All went well for a few weeks and I began to notice the cart was slower and lacked power. I started checking individual voltage, pack volts etc. What I found was under a load, one battery would drop from 8.5 volts to 3.7volts. The rest would only drop to about 8.2. I took the battery back and had it replaced under warranty and all is good now. After a full charge my individual volt readings are 8.51. Like you I’m hoping the 890’s will give longer life, I was told by the dealer I should get about 5 to 6 more miles per charge but I really don’t want to run them down far enough to find out.
Sometime I’ll run into you and show you the Datel Digital pack voltmeter.
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Glad to hear from you. What a shame on that brand new battery, makes you wonder.... On the other hand it sounds like you handled it great. When is the thread "My experience with a brand new
failed battery" coming
?
I take Caly to the "Dog Park of Sanibel" a couple times a week and will contact you out of band to stop by to see the in-dash volt meter. See you then.
PS. I am interested in an in-dash meter and have also been looking at this one, so I could detect a weak battery while driving around. It is a bit pricey for my blood though and may build one with my Dad:
http://www.paktrakr.com/Features.html