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06-01-2011, 01:39 PM | #1 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: May 2011
Location: The Villages, Florida
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Battery Life Saver
I went on a 28 mile ride with my cart. Batteries showed 50 % use of power when I got back home.
I installed a BLS 42-B and cleaned all batteries connections with a wire brush and coated them all with Dielectric Grease before reconnecting them. I then went on the same 28 mile ride. Batteries showed 30 % use of power when I got back home. I wish I had done three trips adding one between the BLS and the cable cleaning. One or both of them together sure did some good. |
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06-01-2011, 02:31 PM | #2 |
Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Bryceville, FL
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Re: Battery Life Saver
where did you get yours from? Sounds like something Id be interested in...How much did it set you back?
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06-01-2011, 03:09 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
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Location: Panama City, FL
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Re: Battery Life Saver
electronic desulfators aren't a overnight fix. dielectric grease doesn't promote conduction. my guess would be a crusty cable or two.
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06-01-2011, 03:14 PM | #4 |
Gone Wild
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06-01-2011, 03:43 PM | #5 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: May 2011
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06-01-2011, 04:11 PM | #6 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: May 2011
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Re: Battery Life Saver
Does it really work tho? sounds like it beneficial to the batteries.....
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06-01-2011, 05:45 PM | #7 |
Getting Wild
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Moiser, Oregon and Baja
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Re: Battery Life Saver
28 miles!! 50% charge!! What kind of a cart do you have and how can I get one.
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06-01-2011, 05:48 PM | #8 |
Stay thirsty my friends!
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Location: Suburban Chicago
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06-01-2011, 07:13 PM | #9 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Roseville, CA
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Re: Battery Life Saver
He has a Curtis LED state of charge meter.
I had a 42v Western with the Curtis 906 SOC meter and they are pretty accurate. With a 100% reading and a starting voltage of 44.5v which is standard for a 42v cart his final voltage at 50% would have been 41.9v and 42.6v. Each LED bar on the Curtis 906 meter is equal to 7% of charge so there is a spread, not an actual voltage reading. The Villager's cart is a sepex cart so it is more efficient than a series cart. Sepex carts with 8x6v have been known to go 50 miles. They did a test on one in The Villages in FL and it went 80+ miles. Check it out at post #17: http://www.talkofthevillages.com/for...d.php?p=349078 |
06-02-2011, 02:51 AM | #10 |
Getting Wild
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Re: Battery Life Saver
Im just learning this cart stuff so I may be wrong in my estamates. I did have some crusty cable ends. On both of the 28 miles rides, (4 weeks apart) i used a digital voltmeter after allowing the batteries to rest for about an hour. After the last 28 mile run, tested between 6 of the 7 batteries, useing the same 6 of 7 batteries that the curtis meter is hooked to. I do that at different mileages to get a good feel on just what condition my state of charge is when compaired with the meter and a digital volt meter directly from the batteries. On this last trip, the digital meter read 37.1 volt on 6 batteries. I then compared that to a state of charge chart from the Trojan battery web site. I bought the BLS from Tampa florida, they have a web site or you can get them from ebay. Either way they cost 139.00 for most, but I had to pay 149.00 because I live in florida. Tax don't ya know.
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