golf cart charger
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December 09, 2016
Why would you want to bypass your Club Car onboard computer? Ingersoll Rand Corporation, the makers of Club Car, started using an on-board computer (OBC) on their 48 volt golf carts and electric vehicles as early as 1995. When you plug the charger into your golf cart, the OBC will tell the battery charger when to start and stop charging based on the voltage levels in your batteries. Sounds like a good idea, right? In theory or in a perfect world this utilization of technology makes perfect sense. However, the world is not perfect and this particular arrangement leaves many in the golfing world left wanting.
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January 27, 2011
As we recently mentioned, Spring is only a calendar page away and what are now empty, brown, well groomed lawns will soon be ignited with new life as golfers take to the greens as the weather warms. Whether you manage a fleet of golf carts or you have one stored away in your garage, you'll want to take some time for maintenance and battery care or you'll find yourself carrying your own clubs and gear.
Golf carts run off of deep-cycle batteries. Although they look similar to car batteries, deep-cycle batteries serve a completely different purpose. While both are lead-acid based, deep-cycle batteries are designed to provide a steady current over a long period of time, while car batteries provide a very large current over a short period of time. This is because electric golf carts, like other electric vehicles, derive all their power from their batteries and are not used simply for starting.