[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

First off Club Cars do slow down up hills, to what degree depends on state of charge in battery pack and the motor/controller combination.

When you say the charger 'never shuts off', what is never, have you let it run overnight? It should shut off by itself.



On the gauge above:

• the needle will be pegged to thr right when charging
• a fully charged cart (charger shuts off) will point to the 'H'
• the 'F' line represents about 48 volts. This line is important. When the needle is to the left of the 'F' line WHEN THE CART IS SITTING IDLE, I figure I have used about half of the pack. Since I own the pack and do not wish to discharge too deeply, I would like to be home by then. As a rental I would not sorry so much <grin>
• If you are crusing along (not climbing hills) and the needle is less than half way into the green, get home soon

hope that helps...I have to run so maybe some typos or dumbos

Thanks we will try charging it longer.
It was all the way in the red past the white and did not shut off but quickly dropped down to the H when we unplugged the charger so maybe we just are not leaving it in long enough. I thought 5 hours when it had only driven from Hemmingway to Publix and back would have been enough and the needle in the red scared us a bit. I read everything on this site and the warnings about old carts and fires had us concerned.