Leave golf cart plugged in???

[billethkid]

When you leave home (FL) for longer than a month do you leave your cart plugged in. I thought the new 64 volt carts had a computer chip in them (or the charger) that allows leaving it plugged in for long periods of no use.
I will call the cart dealer Monday, but was just curious what y'all do??
Thanx.

BTK

[784caroline]

From what little I understand about charging a golf cart, the probelm with the newer carts is not over charging but what happens if lighting hits your house and "fries" the charger that is plugged in AND can that extend to the cart irself???? Overcharging is always a concern but if all technology works it should not be a problem...if it does not work...well!!

I personaly fully charge the cart before I leave, turn the switch on my Club Car under the seat to "other than RUN" and unplug it.

Upon return I charge it for a good 24 hours and im ready to go.

[handieman]

From what little I understand about charging a golf cart, the probelm with the newer carts is not over charging but what happens if lighting hits your house and "fries" the charger that is plugged in AND can that extend to the cart irself???? Overcharging is always a concern but if all technology works it should not be a problem...if it does not work...well!!

I personaly fully charge the cart before I leave, turn the switch on my Club Car under the seat to "other than RUN" and unplug it.

Upon return I charge it for a good 24 hours and im ready to go.

Sounds like a good plan to me :bigthumbsup:
Handie :joke:

[chuckster]

agree with 784caroline.. :agree:....... I unplug cart charger from house current and cart from charger. lightning fried irrigation system card and spa circuitry last summer.

[gonzy]

My 2006 club car manual recommends leaving the charger running during storage. I did this last year for 5 months with no problems. The reason for this is that lead acid batteries deteriorate (due to sulfation) if allowed to discharge. My charger is plugged in to a ground fault circuit which would offer some protection from lightening but I doubt it would survive a direct hit. We had a lengthy discussion on sulfation in another thread last year or if interested google battery sulfation. Never heard of 64v systems is this something new or did you mean 48v system?

[Bubbalarry]

From what little I understand about charging a golf cart, the probelm with the newer carts is not over charging but what happens if lighting hits your house and "fries" the charger that is plugged in AND can that extend to the cart irself???? Overcharging is always a concern but if all technology works it should not be a problem...if it does not work...well!!

I personaly fully charge the cart before I leave, turn the switch on my Club Car under the seat to "other than RUN" and unplug it.

Upon return I charge it for a good 24 hours and im ready to go.


Same here was told by Golf Cart Connection to charge it up and turn it to the tow from the run
position and go away. Upon return charge it up at least for 12 hours checking the water levels.

[Barefoot]

Columbia Par Cars mechanics advised us to leave the cart plugged in to protect the life of the battery. We also have a surge protector on our electrical panel as well as on the cart itself.

[golfnut]

club car owners manual says to leave plugged in for storage, however, i don't like something like this plugged in unsupervised. fortunately i (like most) have great neighbors who i trust and they go in my house monthly or more often if they feel it's necessary to check on things and one of the things they do is plug carts in approx once a month to recharge batteries, then unplug them after charge cycle is complete.

[Barefoot]

We have Village Watchdogs come every two weeks to check over our Villa, cart, weed situation, etc. If they find mould anywhere, they clean it up immediately. (We do have a dehumidistat). They are marvelous; we really like them. Our neighbours offered, but I prefer to pay someone to do it.

Re the golf cart, I asked them to unplug the cart on their first visit, (so it is unplugged for a two-week period), and to plug it in on their next visit. The Columbia mechanics said this would protect the battery, and it is only plugged in 50% of the time we're away.