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Re: Gas vs electric golf cart?
[Re: AU7MM08]
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10/15/18 04:37 PM
10/15/18 04:37 PM
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Fldoghunter
6 point
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6 point
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On the electric carts, how much does a complete bank replacement run? We put 6 new 8 volt Trojan batteries in ours last year. It was right at $700. You can get cheap batteries for around $500 a set, but everybody said the good batteries were a better buy. The Trojans I replaced were 7 years old and still worked, but the range was short. I drove it probably 16 miles on one trip last week, and still had juice left. I bought mine with a high speed motor. It has trouble with hills though. I'm going to swap it for a high torque motor as soon as I can come up with the money. Goodness, that is a lot more than I would want to spend in consumables. That is a lot at one time. I have no idea how much $ you'd spend on gas in that time, but if you put $10 in gas in it a month, times 12 months, times 6 years, that's $720 in gas in 6 years. I figure it would be about the same.
May the sound of hounds never die!
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Re: Gas vs electric golf cart?
[Re: gobbler30]
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10/15/18 04:42 PM
10/15/18 04:42 PM
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Fldoghunter
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6 point
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AlFisher
How much do you think it would cost to convert over to a lithium battery setup? When these batteries go bad, thought about looking into it. Would it be very complex to change over?
My side by side is new now, so It’ll be a few years hopefully.
Thanks Some kits I've seen were somewhere around $2000 if I remember right. They say they last like 10 years and weigh a lot less. They also say you get like a 50 mile range, but dang, 2K. Also saw where folks were buying lithium batteries out of electric cars, but i bet it would still cost serious $.
May the sound of hounds never die!
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Re: Gas vs electric golf cart?
[Re: gobbler30]
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10/16/18 12:15 PM
10/16/18 12:15 PM
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ALFisher
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SW Alabama
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AlFisher
How much do you think it would cost to convert over to a lithium battery setup? When these batteries go bad, thought about looking into it. Would it be very complex to change over?
My side by side is new now, so It’ll be a few years hopefully.
Thanks My understanding is that it is about twice as much as a new set of lead batteries, with some additional costs for (1) new charger, (2) some new battery protection equipment. There's a long thread on buggiesgonewild.com about it.
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