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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
It's not only the distance and now with Brownwood there are many carts that will exceed 50.
Now you said U spent all day to drive 44 miles so that means U averaged 5 mph give or take.
So at that speed the draw on the batteries was very slow so the meter showed reserve.
Had you gone out and did 44 miles in say 3 hours that meter would have been much much lower or perhaps even dead.
The faster U go the quicker the discharge.
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Jimbo, you really took my post literally. My point was I spent "all day" (more time than I ever would drive in a day) to do my test.
I also ran the cart at full speed (20 mph) whenever possible, so I wasn't babying the batteries.
I drove from my house south of 466 did a 4 mile loop back to my house, drove to Lopez, drove to Walmart on 466 back through southern trace down to Brown wood back to another two mile loop then to my house.
My Curtis controller handheld programmer showed a stating voltage of 51 volts and 46 volts at the end of the trip, so I don't think I abused the batteries in any way.
Point being, this run was worst case I would ever consider, 160 mpg.