If you are a new golf cart owner, you may not be aware of some simple practices that will help to extend the life of your golf cart batteries.When you buy a new golf car or a new set of batteries, they will need to be fully charged around 20-50 times before they've reached their full capacity.By running the new cart until the battery charge is way down, you shorten the life of your new batteries.Golf Cart Battery Charger.Charging your deep cycle batteries is as simple as plugging the charger into the power outlet and into the golf car.Two to five seconds later, you will hear it automatically turn on.The charger will turn off automatically when the batteries are fully charged.There is nothing to turn off.Simply unplug the charger from the cart when the charger has shut off.It is important to charge the batteries completely before you use your electric golf cart - especially when it is new.Golf Cart Battery Charging.The two most important things to know about deep cycle batteries are..1.Charging needs to be done after every use.Even if you only use it for 10 minutes to run to the store or or in my case, to the driving range.This is especially important for those of you who live in a golf cart community like I do - many times we use our Club Car just for a few minutes each day to go to a neighbor's house or to run to a store.2.Never run your batteries until there is no charge left.A few times after 36 holes of golf, my battery charge indicator is flashing, which means, it could die at any moment.This is what you are NOT suppose to do.It is not a good thing when you see the battery charge indicator flashing.This is called a deep discharge and this practice can shorten the life of your batteries.And in some cases if you run the batteries down completely, you will have difficulty re-charging them.Deep cycle batteries need a little bit of charge left to take a charge from your battery charger.Good battery charging practices can lead to to a longer lifespan.With a set of six batteries costing around $450, this is a good way to protect your investment.Understanding Golf Cart Batteries.By understanding golf car batteries you may save yourself some serious money.Because we live in a golf cart community and I love to play golf, our Club Car gets used (and abused) a lot.So, I have done everything good and bad to that cart.The one thing I have not yet done is to run it so long and so far that the cart will no longer run.This can really shorten the life of your batteries and in fact, you risk the possibility that the batteries will not accept the recharge if it is completely discharged.So understand that the deeper the discharge the harder it is on your batteries.The amount of time it takes to charge deep cycle batteries depends on how much they were used and how old they are.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Charging Deep Cycle Batteries
If you are a new golf cart owner, you may not be aware of some simple practices that will help to extend the life of your golf cart batteries.When you buy a new golf car or a new set of batteries, they will need to be fully charged around 20-50 times before they've reached their full capacity.By running the new cart until the battery charge is way down, you shorten the life of your new batteries.Golf Cart Battery Charger.Charging your deep cycle batteries is as simple as plugging the charger into the power outlet and into the golf car.Two to five seconds later, you will hear it automatically turn on.The charger will turn off automatically when the batteries are fully charged.There is nothing to turn off.Simply unplug the charger from the cart when the charger has shut off.It is important to charge the batteries completely before you use your electric golf cart - especially when it is new.Golf Cart Battery Charging.The two most important things to know about deep cycle batteries are..1.Charging needs to be done after every use.Even if you only use it for 10 minutes to run to the store or or in my case, to the driving range.This is especially important for those of you who live in a golf cart community like I do - many times we use our Club Car just for a few minutes each day to go to a neighbor's house or to run to a store.2.Never run your batteries until there is no charge left.A few times after 36 holes of golf, my battery charge indicator is flashing, which means, it could die at any moment.This is what you are NOT suppose to do.It is not a good thing when you see the battery charge indicator flashing.This is called a deep discharge and this practice can shorten the life of your batteries.And in some cases if you run the batteries down completely, you will have difficulty re-charging them.Deep cycle batteries need a little bit of charge left to take a charge from your battery charger.Good battery charging practices can lead to to a longer lifespan.With a set of six batteries costing around $450, this is a good way to protect your investment.Understanding Golf Cart Batteries.By understanding golf car batteries you may save yourself some serious money.Because we live in a golf cart community and I love to play golf, our Club Car gets used (and abused) a lot.So, I have done everything good and bad to that cart.The one thing I have not yet done is to run it so long and so far that the cart will no longer run.This can really shorten the life of your batteries and in fact, you risk the possibility that the batteries will not accept the recharge if it is completely discharged.So understand that the deeper the discharge the harder it is on your batteries.The amount of time it takes to charge deep cycle batteries depends on how much they were used and how old they are.
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