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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 480237)

Interesting four years ago.

He tells me it's easy to put a panel on the roof, the engineering difficulty is converting the voltage from the solar panel to the 48 volt battery bank.

He's going to start designing that controller.

There are none on the market at the moment or at a realistic price that work well.

I think it's a worthwhile endeavor to keep our carbon footprint to a minimum.

:BigApplause: :agree:

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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 480237)

I would love one of those....that is if it were affordable to the "common folk" :D I already love my electric cart and having a solar panel would just about make it perfect!

Suzanne

Would like to see the time line on how long it need to be in the sun for a charge. If we are talking about a round of 18 and a normal ride in the day to get you in to town at night and home would be great.

Do carts need to be street legal?

This topic took a swing away from the original topic back at post #6. I'm not critizing or complaining about the swing, but would like to see more comments on the on the original question.
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Originally Posted by skyguy79 (Post 480348)

I think it was post #5, a gasser trying to stir up trouble http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fart005.gif

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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 480169)

Just wondering do carts need to be street legal to ride around the villages?

turn signals, seat belts, brake & tail lights, windshields etc

Street legal is a legal definition which denotes an electric cart that has a VIN number and must be registered as a motor vehicle. A simple definition is here:

Laws & Regulations for Low Speed Vehicles & Golf Carts in Florida

So the short answer already posted is that a cart does not need to be street legal to use the multi modal paths in TV.

I have no idea what governing body (if any) says that a NON street legal golf cart must have lights to drive around in TV. I honestly have never looked into it as common sense says you would be :loco: to drive at night without them.

PS. The solar work sounds fun :coolsmiley:

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 480343)

Well be mindful while you're on the course it's getting a charge, not sure how much in what 3-4 hours to play a round.

In fact from the time you leave your home it's in the sun working.

In Florida there is about 5 1/2 peak solar sun hours, but there is solar gain before and after that peak.

I'll be talking more about this to my friend the weekend after next and ask him.

If anyone else has any questions about the application let me know.

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Originally Posted by jimbo2012 (Post 480169)

Just wondering do carts need to be street legal to ride around the villages?

turn signals, seat belts, brake & tail lights, windshields etc

I think you are confusing "street legal" with what is commonly referred to as "villages ready". The things you mention are villages ready and common on almost all golf carts in TV, both street legal and otherwise. A previous poster defined what it meant to be "street legal".