Change of batteries

Cartmaster

I have been asked to replace 50+ batteries on our club car precedent 2015-2017 models with Eric chargers due to range diminishing severely. I have been given a quote from our club car distributor of £257.54 per battery. The batteries in the carts are PD+ 8V and i have shopped around for better prices. It seems i can get Trojan T-875's locally for £125 each, less than half the price of OEM. My concern is whether tis would be a simple swap out, or will i have to worry about the chargers algorithms? Any advice would be welcomed before i hit the buy it now button. I would normally go with OEM, but as we are replacing the fleet in the spring, the less i spend would be a huge bonus!

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yawood

You should go with the better price. If they are genuine Trojans (which I assume would be the case) then there is absolutely no reason to pay more for the same batteries. The charger algorithm will be the same, as far as I know, because you are simply replacing like-for-like in the batteries.

Cartmaster

Definitely genuine Trojans. Sounds like good news. it will save us nearly 10 grand.

LukeL

I’d also definitely go with the Trojans. The PD+ Club Car batteries are nothing special. Made by another company and marked up by Club Car.


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Sergio

This recent thread starting at this post talks about changing the active profile on those ERIC from #31 (stock Johnson Control PD+) to profile #1 for Trojans.

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...ml#post1533977

yawood

Thanks Sergio. I learnt something tonight.

Cartmaster

A quick call to our distibutor and i was told, i can fit the trojans without changing the charger profile as they fit either PD+ or trojans from new depending on availability and customer preferences without altering the profile, so it looks like i am good to go and save a small fortune. Shame its not my money LOL

And many thanks to you all for such a quick response.

LukeL

So I guess the PD+ batteries are basically Interstate batteries with a different name.


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Cartmaster

Mind you, i dont necessarily trust our distributor, so i will research some more and make a decision myself. I have looked at all the info and it does seem like trojans are listed with a particular profile, but maybe i did not look hard enough as i only saw one for T-105, i will have to look harder. or was it the disigned for T-105, may be suitable for others etc.

LukeL

Do these Precedents use 8 6V batteries? Otherwise I would think you would be looking for T875 and not T105’s.


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