tell me about it i just priced a set of 8 volt private name i won,t mention but 172.00 apeice..............when it gets down to zero it might stay there for awhile before it would shut off so thats a hard one to answer.........the 1st few charges with new batteries if it were mine and i was guessing i would leave charge for at least 12 to 14 hours 1st 3 charges than drop to 8 to 10 hours for the next 6 charges than to 8 hours per charge after that and when your sure they are broke in and you,ll know the cart will tell you.......i would charge at least 6 to 8 hours.............................