EXGO not so easy to get info on.

[dougmcp]

Originally Posted by OLD MEC

Manufacturers have whole teams of people that are looking for ways to produce parts for less money and put more money in corporate pockets.

You're correct about that. This area for manufacturers is what they call "value engineering".
We all moan and groan about something like a voltage reducer that costs us $60 or so and wonder why the manufacturer doesn't do some thing like this because based on quantities they could probably buy the same part for $5. That doesn't seem like a lot of money on a $6,000 cart but it is presented in a much different way by the value engineering team.
Assume they build 100,000 carts a year. If they can utilize a battery tap instead of a $5 part, the savings to the company, not including assembly and warranty costs are $5 x 100,000 = $500,000. Yes that's a 1/2 a million bucks that goes straight to the bottom line and improves their profit picture and that's why they do this kind of thing at all levels of any large company.
Whether you elect to buy a voltage reducer and wonder why they don't do that is irrelevant to the company, profit is profit and they all answer to the shareholders.

[eflyguy]

Settles it for me then. All my lights are LED - hardly any current draw. I'll just tap off 12V from two of the batteries..
..a

[dougmcp]

Originally Posted by eflyguy

Settles it for me then. All my lights are LED - hardly any current draw. I'll just tap off 12V from two of the batteries..
..a

Good choice.