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Originally Posted by TomW
I routinely go 60 miles in my ParCar without charging. They claim 80 but have never tested that limit. I'm not sure how much drain playing 18 holes takes out of an electric cart but I'm told it can be a signnificant amount. My one bad experience is going from Duval and playing 18 at OBH and then forgetting to charge. The following day we played 18 at Lopez and made it within a block of getting back home. All that on one charge.
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I think Par Car would stand behind the cart going 80 miles per charge as long as you are willing to buy batteries every year
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IMO, a key piece of information when folks talk about how far we go on a charge is the state of the pack when we get home. A good approximation is the pack's voltage, measured after the voltage settles (15 mins). This gives insight into the state of the pack and gives a true indicator of how far a particular cart can go without discharging the pack too deeply (less than 48.4v). I wish folks would share information like this. I say that as TV is a pretty unique place for golf cart usage. The more we share among electric cart owners the more we learn.
As an example last year I did a
road (no golf) test with my Club Car that has 8-6v two year old batteries. At that time the cart could do 45 miles before it discharged to 48.4v. Could I go 60? Yes, but everything I read says to not discharge that deeply. I do not know how true that is, but I read it everywhere.