Gale Hawkins
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At least now we know when to get the cart to the charger.
It it 75 today which is the first really warm day since the got the 2007 EZGO PDS cart in Jan.
We had done 20 miles before so today I decided to push it a little more. We have a 10 mile run we we can do from the house that is on very small roads and only passes about 10 houses.
When I unhooked the battery minder the readout was 39.9 volts. After about 5 miles it was reading 35v running on the level and holding about 33v on the hills. After about 15 miles it was 34v/31.5v.
When we started the third 10 leg after resting for 20 minutes that pack was getting low reading 36.8v parked and dropping to 29v on hills. We pushed on because at 28v on the hills it was still moving but slower. At 27v it would stall to the hills.
The three of us added 400 pounds of weight.
We lacked one hill getting back home and were tired so when the neighbor offered to give us a tow we said yes.
Well we know our limits now. When we see 29v on the hills know the fuel light is ON. When we see 28v we know we are about to be pushing. When we see 27v we are pushing.
We never plan to run the battery that low again for sure but it did answer some charger questions. It peaked at 18 amps and started tapering. I did notice the scale is to 30 amps so even in max output (21 amps) it is not going to look like it is 'full' charging like my other battery chargers.
Glad to have these unknowns behind up. I expect 30 minutes on the charger between each run would have let us finish the last 10 mile leg today. The first 20 miles was put on it non stop which would not be the case on a golf course.
The PDS cart does not loose a lot of speed on the hills as long as under heavy load the battery pack does not drop below 30v I noticed today.

It it 75 today which is the first really warm day since the got the 2007 EZGO PDS cart in Jan.
We had done 20 miles before so today I decided to push it a little more. We have a 10 mile run we we can do from the house that is on very small roads and only passes about 10 houses.
When I unhooked the battery minder the readout was 39.9 volts. After about 5 miles it was reading 35v running on the level and holding about 33v on the hills. After about 15 miles it was 34v/31.5v.
When we started the third 10 leg after resting for 20 minutes that pack was getting low reading 36.8v parked and dropping to 29v on hills. We pushed on because at 28v on the hills it was still moving but slower. At 27v it would stall to the hills.
The three of us added 400 pounds of weight.
We lacked one hill getting back home and were tired so when the neighbor offered to give us a tow we said yes.

Well we know our limits now. When we see 29v on the hills know the fuel light is ON. When we see 28v we know we are about to be pushing. When we see 27v we are pushing.
We never plan to run the battery that low again for sure but it did answer some charger questions. It peaked at 18 amps and started tapering. I did notice the scale is to 30 amps so even in max output (21 amps) it is not going to look like it is 'full' charging like my other battery chargers.
Glad to have these unknowns behind up. I expect 30 minutes on the charger between each run would have let us finish the last 10 mile leg today. The first 20 miles was put on it non stop which would not be the case on a golf course.
The PDS cart does not loose a lot of speed on the hills as long as under heavy load the battery pack does not drop below 30v I noticed today.