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Originally Posted by Living a Fantasy

As I understand it, the purpose of a voltage reducer for a golf cart is to even out or balance battery usage. The marketing materials state that usually a golf cart's accessories are on two of your batteries. These two wear down quicker than the others. How does a voltage reducer work and does it really make that much of a difference for the additional cost? What are the benefits?

A voltage reducer (aka a DC to DC converter) is IMHO essential. Even if you do not use your headlights very often or use a radio, you still have brake lights and directionals. Not to mention any other parasitic load. If you have all of those accessories on one 12v battery or two 6v batteries it/they WILL run down and wear out faster than the others thus causing an imbalance with your pack. Then plug into your charger and a big mess in time will likely be the result.

I don't mean to be unsympathetic to the costs involved, but I would never drive or own an electric cart WITHOUT a DC to DC converter. It is just an accident waiting to happen, not to mention the throwing of $$$ out the window when you have to buy all new batteries.

Good luck with your cart.