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Old 12-16-2014, 11:17 AM
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Default Heat and batteries

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Originally Posted by tommy steam View Post
I had the battery on my car die recently. It was not quite 3 yrs old and it was a 48 month battery. When I brought my new battery at Sams Club the guy installing the new one told me that the extreme heat down in Fl will kill them quicker. Could be the same with golf carts. Just saying.
I was told the same thing about heat being hard on your batteries. Long story short: We go north every summer and my electric sit in the hot garage so after replacing the batteries twice in three years I agreed that the heat was "killing" them and bought a gas cart the next time around. Too much trouble to do anything else.

The newer gas models are quiter and do not smell like the older ones.
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