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gijon · 01-29-2018, 04:34 PM

I did a little more work to my wife's cart. I did some repainting with semi-gloss black. added flames and mag wheel covers. Also installed a lexan windshield. It's looking pretty good.

bronsonj · 01-29-2018, 08:59 PM

Nice! Lookin good.

You should check out the SOC Chart. 37 volt is only about 70% charged. Don't want to let it get below 50% which would be 36v (but measured after the batteries have sat for a while).

gijon · 01-30-2018, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bronsonj

Nice! Lookin good.

You should check out the SOC Chart. 37 volt is only about 70% charged. Don't want to let it get below 50% which would be 36v (but measured after the batteries have sat for a while).

Yeah, that was straight from the battery store. I put the charger on it to top them off that evening.

Raystar57 · 01-30-2018, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by gijon

Yeah, that was straight from the battery store. I put the charger on it to top them off that evening.

The top off on the new batteries will take some repeated charging to bring them to optimum capacity level.
I think it's about 10 cycles as I have read that in various posts.
Also during this early cycle break in try to not discharge below 70%SOC.

Nice project!

gijon · 02-03-2018, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Raystar57

The top off on the new batteries will take some repeated charging to bring them to optimum capacity level.
I think it's about 10 cycles as I have read that in various posts.
Also during this early cycle break in try to not discharge below 70%SOC.

Nice project!

Thank you, I'll use that theory. I'm new to the golf cart thing, but I do have some knowledge of electric stuff. I wondered why it was not getting much above 37.5v. Several more charge cycles should start showing a difference.

gijon · 02-03-2018, 11:58 AM

I have now re-installed the console and shifter. After highly modifying the linkage it looks and works great.
Next on the agenda is the racing stripe and I am contemplating lowering the roof in the rear slightly.

gijon · 04-12-2018, 09:16 AM

Decided to add a few more touches. I thought a racing stripe was good. Also, the guy who built it, made headlights for it but never installed them. I added them on last night. They really light up the driveway well.

01-29-2018, 08:59 PM	#12
bronsonj Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL Posts: 2,089	Re: New Guy Nice! Lookin good. You should check out the SOC Chart. 37 volt is only about 70% charged. Don't want to let it get below 50% which would be 36v (but measured after the batteries have sat for a while).

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