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Old 05-06-2013, 03:22 PM
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Default State of Charge Meters

My 2013 Electric EZ-Go RXV. It has the optional 6X8 volt batteries.

I've been riding around, in part to get a sense of how far the cart will *really* go on a charge (versus the PR on range). I've noticed that the state of charge goes down in a very non-linear fashion. What I mean is that the meter goes down a bar after about 1/2 mile. Then down the next bar after 1 1/2 to 2 miles(cumulative). Then down again after around 7 or 8 miles(cumulative). Down again after 15 or 16 miles (cumulative). Is this normal? Are the meters non-linear or is there something that I'm missing about how the batteries discharge.

Thanks for enlightening me.

David