new vs new battery confrig

[llaran]

our club cart is losing power - it has an ac controller and goes up to 27 mph -6 8volt batteries are about 2 years old - there is a noticible reduction in range and power in the tunnels

[Frank7]

Sounds like a battery problem. The batteries must be drawn down electronically to the lowest level and than at that point an additional load is to be applied and each battery checked with a load tester for a comparison test. This test seeks out the weak battery.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

our club cart is losing power - it has an ac controller and goes up to 27 mph -6 8volt batteries are about 2 years old - there is a noticible reduction in range and power in the tunnels

Keep a look out for speed limit enforcement in the future-- wouldn't want a ticket.:cry:

[JJ&TJ]

OK Frank, want your opinion. What would be the two battery makers you would recommend to install in your golf cart. Also a mechanic at work went to club car school and said that club car is not going to be using trojan batteries because of quality. I thought trojan was a good brand.

[Frank7]

The main reason Club Car and Trojan parted ways is because of the private label of the black club car name put on the T1275 Trojan battery. This 4 battery system that club car designed for the Precedent was a terrible design for a golf cart especially for places like The Villages. With (278) pounds of plates in a golf cart the battery system would just barely, when new get 35 miles on a full charge. Club car has gone back to (6) - 8 volt batteries design (360) pounds of plates. Trojan warranted many of the black 1275 batteries until they realized the cart design was the problem not the battery. I still believe the Trojan is a very good battery and the company stands behind there products.