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Originally Posted by ilovetv
Of course people would prefer electric carts when most of them are in golf course or country club fleets. Somebody else maintains and charges them (bag room workers or cart barn workers).
And those employees bring the golfer another cart if the cart they're using dies out on the golf course. Here, it's the owner who has to deal with the problems, calls a service person to come out to tow and fix it, and makes sure somebody takes care of it while gone for months.
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Understand what you need, buy what you want, enjoy the ride, but please try to get the info right for new folks....
No doubt you have to maintain the batteries, this is hardly overwhelming. You can become an expert by dedicating 30 minutes on
Trojan Battery.
I am curious why you believe a person that owns an electric cart will need to be towed any more than a person owning a gas. I have no evidence that one breaks down more than the other for mechanical reasons.
If your basis is that people run out of battery power while out and about, then that says more about the person than the cart. Get an in dash voltmeter, learn what it means and you cannot run out of
fuel.
Also for new folks wanting electric, beware anyone telling you that a cart will go 50 miles or more on a charge. Some do, some do not. Part of battery maintenance is not discharging the pack too deeply on a regular basis. Always ask a followup question. What was the voltage of the pack after that 50 miles.... Did I mention get a volt meter?
JIMBO2012 (Same as Solar Golf Carts?), my 8-6v battery pack is on its 4th year, get that panel ready, I may want to check it out. I am looking to go 100 miles in a day
