Taking Care of your Batteries
When you have an electric golf cart, taking care of the battery is one of the most crucial and common steps in maintaining your cart. Depending on the age or model of your cart, you probably have a lead-acid or lithium battery. Most newer carts have a lithium battery, which typically requires much less maintenance and provides more power with much faster recharge times.
If your cart has a lead-acid battery, then you need to prepare yourself to do more work on it. You can open the battery and adjust the distilled water levels, taking extra special care that the lead plates are submerged to keep the battery running. Lithium batteries typically don’t open, so you have much less to work on. However, no matter which battery type you have, it’s a good idea to ensure that you clean it, remove any visible signs of corrosion and ensure that all the connections are firmly attached. Also place the cart into tow mode or neutral before putting a wrench on anything you can also remove the main positive and negative battery connections.
It’s generally a good idea to charge your battery when the cart is not in use, but we recommend keeping a watchful eye on how much you charge it.