Trouble Finishing 18 Holes with a Club Car Precedent

[Greinke]

We have a 2014 Club Car Precedent, and have had some trouble finishing 18 holes with these 3 year old batteries. We just tried adding a restorer to them. All was good 1st charge but now the yellow triangle light starts flashing after it charges for a while. I’m trying to get a few months out of these batteries but now I think I have other issues. Any ideas? Thanks greg

 

[Patrick L]

You could be at the end of your batteries depending on the brand. After charging measure voltage both static and under load. It could be a charger issue, try charging twice to see if it helps.

 

[Greinke]

Im afraid you may be right, I’ll rest them Friday on the course

 

[Greinke]

Is 4 years about normal life span for batteries? I had Trojans before and they only lasted 3 so I’m in sure what to buy next

 

[Golf Cart Wizard]

Do you add distilled water? Do you charge the golf cart after every use or do you wait until the batteries get low? How far do you drive normally?

 

[Greinke]

Always charge after use and check batteries every couple of weeks like clock work.

 

[Roy Gurley]

Sorry but SNAKE Oil putting in batteries on a golf cart for the most part does not help. For the last 2 sets of trojans I've got about 18-19 months out of them....using it everyday at least 4-5 hrs.... So if you got 3 years out of yours you are lucky....by the way my carts are well maintained .

 

[Csimpler]

I just replaced my 9 year old Trojans with US Batteries. I don't use mine very much as it's at my vacation home. When doing my research I found a very good manual on USBatteries website regarding care and usage of fla batteries. It also has some charts and graphs related to discharge levels and number of expected charge cycles. Interesting reading. Tried to attach the file but it is too big. You can find it on their website.

 

[Greinke]

Sorry but SNAKE Oil putting in batteries on a golf cart for the most part does not help. For the last 2 sets of trojans I've got about 18-19 months out of them....using it everyday at least 4-5 hrs.... So if you got 3 years out of yours you are lucky....by the way my carts are well maintained .

Thanks I've heard Trojans are no longer the Cadillac, i was just tryng to save a little time with the snake oil.

 

[Patrick L]

I've also heard Trojans are not what they used to be. I'm soon to switch to lithium.