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BarryRX 01-24-2013 06:52 PM

Electric Cart Question
 
I have a one year old electric Star cart. Today I drove from Pennecamp to Nancy Lopez (a distance of about 8 miles), played 18 holes and started home. I only got about 3 miles when my cart slowed to a crawl, even though my meter still said I had half of my original charge. I estimate I had only travelled about 20 miles. I check water levels monthly and had refilled the water just 2 days ago. I cannot see any corrosion or other visible problems with the batteries. Do you have any idea what caused this? Thanks in advance for your help.

Frank7 01-24-2013 07:16 PM

Loosing charge
 
Your problem is not something that you will be able to see visibly. It is most likely a bad battery or a cell in at least one battery.
In your cart you have 24 cells that have slightly over 2 volts each,if one cell fails
The cart charger may not complete it's charge cycle properly and the result is a shorter use cycle.

BarryRX 01-24-2013 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank7 (Post 614665)
Your problem is not something that you will be able to see visibly. It is most likely a bad battery or a cell in at least one battery.
In your cart you have 24 cells that have slightly over 2 volts each,if one cell fails
The cart charger may not complete it's charge cycle properly and the result is a shorter use cycle.

Thanks so much for your reply!


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