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In an older posting, I was floored with a comment that it will take 100 (75 +25) charge cycles to get my new batteries fully charging at 100%. Since I will use my cart about 8 days a month (camping resort) that will take me almost a year. Does this mean I will finally see a faster running and/or longer running cart from my new batteries at the end of a year? I usually see about a 25 to 40 percent used indicater light on my battery guage (having maybe 60 to 70 percent remaining on the guage). This pattern of usage is about 1.5 to 2 hours of riding per day of usage.
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Not really Jim, practically speaking your batteries are at about 95% after the first few charges the last 5% doesn't really do much it's just the nature of lead acid batteries and the time it takes to completely condition them.
In golf cart terms 54 holes is considered the max a cart should be able to run. A normal 18 holes is about 5 miles so that would equate to 15 miles of driving.
Using a cart running around a neighborhood at 10mph average speed, 2 hours is about 20 miles.
2 hours of riding on batteries is lots and even fully conditioned batteries won't give you much more.
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To add to this, keep in mind that this is not a "memory" like in typical Ni-Cad batteries. Lead acid batters do Not have a memory and will have a great life as long as you keep them fully charged at all times when not in use.RegardsComment
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