If you are the proud owner of a good quality electric golf cart, then you have a lot more things to do to ensure the life expectancy of your cart.Since you have bought an electric golf cart, regular checking of the cart's batteries are highly important to let it run for longer.If you are not sure of how to check the golf cart for bad batteries, then here are some important tips that will help you.You can check the batteries of any voltage or configuration easily by following the tips that we provide here.In order to start the task, you will first need things like a hydrometer, volt meter, safety gloves and safety glasses.Since lead acid batteries can be hazardous for direct contact, it is always recommended to wear safety gloves on your hand when working on them.Utmost care should be taken while handling the cart batteries.In order to check whether you battery is at good condition, charge them immediately.Give them full charge and if you have an automatic charger that would be ideal.Always follow the instructions when using manual charging.Once you have tested the batteries for full charge retention, the next step is to check for the On-Charge Voltage.After charging the cart, set the volt meter to 200v dc to start checking the voltages of the individual batteries separately.When starting with the one battery, place the voltmeter's positive lead on the positive side of the battery and the voltmeter's negative lead on the negative side of the battery.Repeat with all the batteries in this manner to check the voltage of all of them.Each of the batteries should read around 7.0v for a 36v cart with 6 batteries.And each battery should read around 9.3v for 48v cart having 8 batteries.Remember that if the voltage of the battery does not read as said above, then you have to know that it is time to replace those batteries with a new one.The next is the hydrometer test.After placing the hydrometer with all the batteries, take the readings of them one by one.The readings should say 1100 to 1300 where 1100 being water and 1300 is the acid.The batteries should be replaced if there is a difference of 50 points or more.
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