Thread: loosing power
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Old 07-12-2014, 11:53 AM   #2
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Default Re: loosing power

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Originally Posted by trav2cam View Post
my gulfcart is a 2000 club car,batterys are a year old,it is a 36 volt cart,it drive find for a little while ,then acts like the batterys are dieing ,but when i get back to my cottage and check the batterys they are at 36 volts,i have 3 marine deep cell 12 volt batterys. do you have any idea what it could be
thanks
is it a 36v or 48v ?

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Originally Posted by scottyb View Post
Marine batteries are not designed for heavy (high amperage) discharge. Also you have only 3 instead of 6 so your capacity is reduced. These are some of the factors leading to short run time and poor performance.
as scotty said you have the wrong batteries in your cart
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