Will 12 volts work just to test/move my cart?

[Furyous]

I bought a limo style, Mercedes bodied, lifted 4" Western with 22" tires, but it sat outside for some time. My plans were to upgrade it to 48v with 8 Trojan T105's and an alltrax 500 amp controller, but as I got into the restoration the rust issues are more prevalent than I originally thought. The electronics will have to wait until I weld in some patch panels and POR-15 the whole stripped chassis. That being said, I did get an advanced ch7-4001 48v fleet speed series motor and I do have a 12v deep cycle marine battery and the stock curtis 1204 controller- will the deep cycle marine battery be enough oomph to move the cart under its own power just to take it out of the garage and back so I can make the mess outside? I obviously do not need a lot of run time, power or speed. Just enough to help me move this heavy beast.

[scottyb]

No, The cart won't run on 12v. Most controllers have low voltage cut off minimums. I'm not sure what it is set at for that unit but it's higher than 12v.

[simple man]

You can test only the motor using 12V, but as Scott said, don't try to move the cart this way!
Here's the info for the test: http://www.empinc.biz/tech_support.p...troller_series