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Old 12-13-2011, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dgammon6 View Post
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.
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