Understanding How To Maintain Golf Cart Batteries

Understanding how to properly maintain your golf cart batteries is key to ensuring that your cart works properly and lasts for as long as possible.

While your golf cart owner’s manual will have essential information regarding maintaining your battery best, there are a few recommendations you should follow to make sure that your battery works appropriately and lasts a long time.

Store in Tow Mode

If you don’t plan on using your golf cart for two weeks or more, be sure to store your golf cart in the tow mode. You can do this by flipping the switch found under the seat of your golf cart.

Switching your golf cart in tow mode prevents your cart from continuously drawing power from the batteries.

If you plan on storing your golf cart in tow mode, ensure you charge the cart at least once a month, especially in the winter. Doing so will prevent your battery from freezing in cold weather.

Maintain Water Levels

To maintain your cart’s battery life and keep your golf cart batteries performing correctly, ensure that the water levels in your cart batteries are maintained.

Remove the caps that cover each battery cell and check the water level that should be at least ¼ above the metal plates after you have charged the battery.

Depending on how much you use your cart, you should check your battery water levels anywhere from once a month to once a week.

Maintain Battery Terminals

Ensuring your battery terminals are clean and tight is an integral part of getting your golf cart to perform at its best and maintain battery life.

To clean the terminals, make sure that the battery caps are on before pouring a supersaturated mixture of baking soda and water onto any rust on the terminals.

Once the mixture has eroded the rust, spray the battery with water and check the tightness of the nut at the top of the cable once dry. If the cable is loose, it could melt the battery post and require it to be replaced.

Maintaining your golf cart batteries helps ensure battery longevity. It also helps protect the cart’s lifespan, as damage to the battery can also damage the inside of the cart.

No Maintenance Batteries

Instead of worrying about battery maintenance, you could choose a Samsung SDI lithium battery backed by the best warranty.

This battery, proven with over 15 million hours of drive time, offers no other battery performance, efficiency, and experience.

• Eight years of coverage

• Covers more amp hours than competitors

• No other warranty comes close

• No terminal post-cleaning, no watering, no problems

• Leave it for winter without additional maintenance steps

• Consistent power, no matter your battery’s level of charge

• Long-lasting power that lets you drive with confidence

Final Thoughts

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