12-11-2022, 04:49 PM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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Location: Marco Island
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Icon i40L w Bad AGM Battery
Icon i40L with 6 - 8v (Constant Power 8V-180DT) agm batteries. Cart is 2 Yrs old and I have one bad battery.
5 batteries read 8.6-8.7v and the 6th battery only reads 6.3v. The 6th fails on load testing. Can I just replace the one bad Agm battery? |
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12-11-2022, 05:00 PM | #2 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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Re: Icon i40L w Bad AGM Battery
Well...... you can but this is the beginning of your batteries going bad and not being in sync... which will lead to them just going bad faster... but that could be another yr down the road...
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12-11-2022, 05:08 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: near Calgary, AB, Canada
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Re: Icon i40L w Bad AGM Battery
You might want to replace that bad battery with a "good" used one. With optimistic thinking, you might double the life of your pack to 4 years
What make and model of batteries are you running? |
12-12-2022, 08:53 AM | #4 | |
Not Yet Wild
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Re: Icon i40L w Bad AGM Battery
Quote:
https://www.royalbattery.com/constan...deep-cycle-gc8 |
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12-12-2022, 12:31 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Icon i40L w Bad AGM Battery
The "Made in China" notation on the Constant Power deep cycle battery might be an indication of the quality of these batteries.
Lead acid battery life is a function of a number of things: 1) Battery quality 2) Depth of discharge (deeper discharge reduces battery life) 3) Number of cycles (the more cycles reduce battery life) 4) Proactively recharging your battery after each use (improves battery life) 5) Battery maintenance (is essential for good battery life) Edit 6) Discharge rate (higher discharge rates reduce battery life) If you buy good quality batteries and look after them well, many BGW members report getting 5 years plus of service from them. If your cart is used constantly and is discharged deeply, there are only so many cycles in a lead acid battery and even brand name batteries can be used up in a year or two. If you don't charge your cart after every use and you allow your batteries to sit for longer periods in a discharged state, permanent sulfation of the battery cells can occur which reduce battery performance and life. Failing to properly maintain batteries (regular watering, cleaning and proper terminal torque) can severe limit battery life. And then there is the quality component of batteries ... you typically get what you pay for. Do you know what sort of use and care these 2 year old AGM batteries have received? If they have been lightly used and well looked after, buying a used AGM for $100 (or less) might give you some more life from this pack. If the battery pack had been heavily used and /or poorly maintained, the failure of the one battery may be the first failure with more potential failures to come. If that is the case, you might want to consider replacing the entire pack ... especially if this is a cart you want to be dependable for your users. Edit - AGM's don't require watering, but my other comments are valid for AGM's too. |
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