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Old 07-30-2014, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by barbara2811 View Post
Has anyone ever thought about how much money it cost in electricity to keep your golf cart charged? We bought a gas cart 3 months ago and our SECO bill came down considerable. That's the only thing that I can think of that would make the bill drop so much.
I drove my electric cart 43 miles, then plugged it into my charger which was plugged into a meter that monitors, volts, amps kwh and if you plug in your electricity rate per kwh, it will total cost. It cost $1.11 to recharge the cart.

At $3.63 a gallon of gas that's equivalent to getting over 140 miles per gallon. So I don't think the reduction in your SECO bill would offset your increased fuel bill, as most gas carts get no more than 40 mpg.