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Old 03-10-2012, 05:20 PM
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Default Here is an excerpt of a post from last year

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Originally Posted by ajbrown View Post
Check this post out as it relates to cost for electric "fuel". Maybe elevatorman has done more testing since that post.

Talk of The Villages - View Single Post - Golf Cart Expense

Assuming the numbers from the above post are accurate, it costs $1.74 to charge the cart after 70 miles of usage (10 miles/day) which is 2.5 cents per mile. Seems to match up with everything else I have read. PS. When I return, I will borrow a kilowatt meter and measure my packs exact charge requirements. One pack is 4 years old (6-8v) and one pack is 2 years old (8-6v).
Work was done by TOTV user elevatorman and lines up with my googling I have done in the past which is 2 - 2.5 cents cents per mile to charge.

PS to QUOTE PS. I never did get a kw meter as I thought I had found one for free. I never actually cared enough to buy one, but I am interested how pack configuration and state of pack affects the numbers. Maybe some day

Last edited by ajbrown; 03-10-2012 at 05:28 PM. Reason: subject, spelling, words, PS, etc. just about nothing right :)