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Old 10-14-2013, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Peachie View Post
I've often wondered if all the golf carts in The Villages were electric, how many more house fires do you think we would have seen from battery charging. There is definitely a higher risk of fire with an electric cart recharging, (I didn't say high risk), and this may be a problem with ongoing, daily maintenance of these electric carts by an aging population.

Also, some others have previously mentioned on TOTV how the light splash from filling their batteries had left pinprick holes in their clothing.
How many house fires, due to electric golf carts have there been in the Villages in the past 30 years? do you really think that there is a great deal more danger than storing five gallons of gasoline in your garage? Maybe, but I would love to see documentation of that.
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