battery run times not long

[gornoman]

Originally Posted by spidey_35004

Brand new batteries just got rid of some 05 and yes these are torjan t105 and there is no way I'm getting 16 miles out of these hunt in Tuskegee Al and its all flat ground Full charge I'm getting maybe 30min and the meter starts moving down . The 05 were doing the samething when I got rid of them

Are you monitoring the pack voltage with a digital multimeter, or just the dash gauge?

[spidey_35004]

Just the dash but when it gets down close to half it loses power wont go up a hill . Even down one bar it will not climb a hill it would before on full bar . I'm new to all this but have read up on alot of this stuff one reason I went back with the trojans was what everyone and others have said they are the best and as far as break in not even reading that before I got these batteries I was kinda doing it like it says to do .

[gornoman]

You really need to verify what is going on with a multimeter. Measure each battery at least 1 hour after the charger finishes it's cycle, and measure the pack at the cart charge receptacle.

[COURTESYCART]

from personal experience those guages dont work properly. IMO they are junk. I like using a digital volt guage like in race cars to monitor voltage not a led bar.

[ezgokid]

If you are using this for hunting you should use gas cart. Unless you have good upgraded electronics...i.e. Motor, controller, NEW batteries. ETC.

[goofymaz]

anyone out there ever heard or seen of this "theory" of refurbing your batteries to get the deposits off the battery plates thus allowing the batteries to fully charge? i saw this crap on ebay and was wondering if say i had a bad cell and i tried this on the battery if maybe it would work to revamp the life of the battery a little more! i would be buying this garbage on ebay because i read aout the concauction in other places on the web! its an ebsom salt concauction! was wondering if anyone has ever heard of it/tried it on a battery and what the results were?