stopping charging cycle?

Sideways

I played 18 holes of golf this morning, came home and connected the charger.
Will it hurt the batteries if I disconnect the charger before it completes the charging cycle so I can go play another 9 this afternoon?

Thanks

BGW

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scottyb

No. This is a good practice called opportunity charging. It is a solid practice when more use is needed and more charge is needed too. Simply plug the cart in and let it complete a charge cycle when you are done using it.

Sideways

Awesome, thanks again Scottyb!

scottyb

You are welcome. Just last weekend I was spraying weeds from the golf cart. I planned to use the big gasser but it quit, fuel pump or ignition or something. (stupid gas)
I swapped the tank and all to an electric cart and off i went but soon realized I needed more charge so each time I refilled the spray tank the cart was on charge.After several tanks and short charges I actually gained on it some with the pack finishing higher than I started. Gotta love an in dash meter

Sideways

Good to know!
I have a sprayer that I plan on using with my cart as well. The label on the motor of the sprayer says it pulls 7amps so I should be ok with a 10amp circuit on my voltage reducer.

BobBoyce

Maybe... Motors are inductive loads, which produce voltage spikes while running. Those voltage spikes can damage electronics. I would be concerned about running a 70% of capacity inductive load from a low quality chinese voltage reducer. They tend to fail in normal operation, let alone put up with abuse like that.

Sideways

BobBoyce, your saying Scottyb sells "low quality Chinese voltage reducers"?

JohnnieB

I suspect Bob took your statement about connecting to a 10A circuit on your voltage reducer to mean it is an El-cheepo 10A reducer, typically from China. That is how I read it the first time also. (Scotty only sells 25A and 30A reducers.)


If you are connecting it to a 10A fused circuit with a Slo-Blo fuse installed, it'll probably work. Slo-Blo fuses are designed to tolerate motor starts. A regular 10A fuse might pop when your sprayer that draws 7A continuous, starts.

rib33024

That's how I read it to ^^^.

Not sure where sideways came up with what he posted.

BobBoyce

Yea, I took it to mean that he had one of those cheap 10 Amp chinese reducers. Everything else I mentioned still applies, about loading a 10 Amp output to 70% with an inductive load. The low quality reducers are easier to damage, but even a quality reducer can be damage by an inductive load. Putting a suppression diode across the load only eliminates spikes of one polarity. A filter capacitor with a low enough ESR/ESL can soak up the spikes and prevent damage.