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Using a 48 volt Club Car for example you can play a round of golf with a new set of fully charged batteries and after round is complete the cart will still be above the 48 volt threshold on the battery banks capacity. 3 12 years old.
2 Your Golf Cart loses power very quickly.
How to charge 8 volt golf cart batteries. How to Charge 8-volt Batteries in a Golf Cart The simplest way is to connect the proper charger to the corresponding battery post and then turn the charger on. To do that you must connect the resistor in series with the charger then hook them up to the battery. In the usual case the 12-Volt battery charger would charge to 138 Volts but you only need 92 Volts for 8-Volt batteries.
That is why the resistor is needed because it would reduce the current by 46 Volts to match the 8-Volt batteries. You can charge an 8 volt golf cart battery using a 6 or 12 volts charger. For best results charge only one battery at a time after disconnecting them from the golf cart.
We recommend starting by charging each battery for 5-10 minutes at a time and then moving on to the next one. Golf carts operate on multiple 6-volt or 8-volt deep cycle batteries. These batteries are designed to be discharged almost completely and repeatedly with low.
How to charge a lead-acid cart battery The process of charging this type of battery isnt uncomplicated so do it correctly and extend the life of the battery and cut back on the number of times you seek golf cart repair. -Read all of the instructions that came with your battery twice. You have to use an 8v charger on an 8v battery unless you can change the voltage setting on your charger down to 8v from 12 - some chargers have variable voltage settings.
The plug on your golf cart charger needs to make connection with the holesleads within the receptacle on your golf cart in order to kick on. The charger needs to be connected to battery voltage. Even if you connect up a volt-meter to the charger it will not give off any voltage.
Most popular 8 volt golf cart batteries used in electric cars. Two major brands of 8 volt golf cart battery dominate with respect to EV popularity. Trojan with their most popular T-875 the leader by far and their T-860 less AH and T-890 more AH.
And US Battery with their 8VGC family. The state of charge or discharge golf batteries are in at the end of the day depends upon the type of play and the number of holes the golf cart was used for. The battery charger is designed to bring a normally discharged battery back to full or nearly full charge in a given time.
For example On a full charge a good set of golf cart batteries will allow you to surely play a few rounds of golf. Using a 48 volt Club Car for example you can play a round of golf with a new set of fully charged batteries and after round is complete the cart will still be above the 48 volt threshold on the battery banks capacity. For standard golf carts we will typically see a Six Eight Volt Battery System.
This can be visually determined by locating six batteries with 8 cells per battery. A cell is distinguished by a battery cap that is used for watering the batteries. With batteries used in Golf Carts each cell will represent 2 Volts.
Charge the battery rack of the golf cart fully to the maximum limit. Set the reading of the multimeter to 200 Volts DC. Use the multimeter across the battery posts of each golf cart battery individually.
There is no need to disconnect one battery from the other. Check if the voltage of each battery is a little above 6 volts such as 61 to 63. 2 Your Golf Cart loses power very quickly.
Most Golf Carts can travel at least 7 miles or more on a single charge. However if you are used to playing golf with no battery charge issues but then one day you start to notice you can barely finish nine holes without having to limp home then this could very easily be a sign of weak batteries. I just acquired a 48 volt Yamaha Golf Cart with 6 8 volt batteries.
These batteries are approx. 3 12 years old. The cart was allowed to fully discharge while in storage for a few months but I was successful in getting them to a full charge.
Cells were low with some showing exposed lead but none were completely dry. Pete I have a 48 volt Club Car golf cart with 6 8-volt batteries. The Trojan batteries are 2 years old with a notation of A8.
My voltage reading on the 6 batteries range from 849 to 890. On battery 1 specific gravity average is 1230 On battery 2 specific gravity average is 1250 On battery 3 specific gravity average is 1260. Most golf carts use 6 six Volt batteries for 36 Volts total to power the motor or 6 eight Volt for a total of 48 Volts.
To determine the voltage of other golf carts please reference this page What is the voltage of my batteries. Golf cart batteries are a special type called deep cycle. A deep cycle battery must provide a moderate amount of.