ICON i40L Battery Longevity

[thelandposse]

Question for you other ICON owners. I have only had my my cart for three days but have noticed that my mileage is about 10-11 miles before the battery meter drops to yellow and begins limp mode. This seems a little low to me but like I said I haven't had this cart long at all. My previous cart (club car presendent) lasted at lease 17-20 miles before it began to lose significant power. I am running Trojan T-875's if that matters. While I understand that this is a heavier cart it seems to me that I should be getting more distance/charge.

[CartsRFun]

Originally Posted by thelandposse

Question for you other ICON owners. I have only had my my cart for three days but have noticed that my mileage is about 10-11 miles before the battery meter drops to yellow and begins limp mode. This seems a little low to me but like I said I haven't had this cart long at all. My previous cart (club car presendent) lasted at lease 17-20 miles before it began to lose significant power. I am running Trojan T-875's if that matters. While I understand that this is a heavier cart it seems to me that I should be getting more distance/charge.

Something is not right....

Hopefully it could be as simple as tire pressure. I keep mine at 25 psi.
However my cart is not lifted like yours. Your tires are larger diameter
than my I40's.

Low tire pressure on a cart increases rolling resistance and cart expends
more power to run same distance.

It wouldn't hurt to check tire pressure.

Hope this helps.

Happy cartin'

[thelandposse]

I did read that batteries need a break-in period so my hope is that battery life will improve over time. I'll check back here in a few weeks to update. Thanks!

[CartsRFun]

Originally Posted by thelandposse

I did read that batteries need a break-in period so my hope is that battery life will improve over time. I'll check back here in a few weeks to update. Thanks!

Check with your ICON dealer they should be able to pinpoint the problem.

[ATrain]

Originally Posted by thelandposse

Question for you other ICON owners. I have only had my my cart for three days but have noticed that my mileage is about 10-11 miles before the battery meter drops to yellow and begins limp mode. This seems a little low to me but like I said I haven't had this cart long at all. My previous cart (club car presendent) lasted at lease 17-20 miles before it began to lose significant power. I am running Trojan T-875's if that matters. While I understand that this is a heavier cart it seems to me that I should be getting more distance/charge.

Next time I'm doing some long drives, I'll monitor mine because honestly I think both of mine are the same as yours.

My I60L has 8 trojans batteries and my I40L has 6 and I think they both have similar range.

Granted, I turned my speed way up, I have tons of stop signs, a decent amount of hills, and loud speakers that could contribute to a reduced range.

[CSS899]

Originally Posted by thelandposse

Question for you other ICON owners. I have only had my my cart for three days but have noticed that my mileage is about 10-11 miles before the battery meter drops to yellow and begins limp mode. This seems a little low to me but like I said I haven't had this cart long at all. My previous cart (club car presendent) lasted at lease 17-20 miles before it began to lose significant power. I am running Trojan T-875's if that matters. While I understand that this is a heavier cart it seems to me that I should be getting more distance/charge.

I have owned my I40L now for about 3 weeks. Same thing started happening with my cart. Dealer came and picked it up and it turned out to be some sort of a programming issue. Working fine now.

[ATrain]

Originally Posted by CSS899

I have owned my I40L now for about 3 weeks. Same thing started happening with my cart. Dealer came and picked it up and it turned out to be some sort of a programming issue. Working fine now.

Really?! Did they give any more details about the programming issue?

I think there are 3 or 4 things that get programmed on the carts:

• Controller
• Charger
• Electronic Dash

The 4th possibly being the BMS (battery management system), but I'm not sure where that is and/or if that's apart of the charger itself?

I know the controller software and I'm not sure if anything stands out as even a possibility of being an issue.

The dash is kind of a simple device that I think just has inputs and parameters and then does its think.

So was it the charger? And/or does anyone know if the BMS is apart of the charger?

[CSS899]

I don't know the specifics but it was something with the charger software. They said they had 3-4 carts come back with the same issue.

[CartsRFun]

Originally Posted by CSS899

I don't know the specifics but it was something with the charger software. They said they had 3-4 carts come back with the same issue.

Glad you checked in with your dealer...sounds like an easy fix!

Hope you get it serviced soon.

Happy cartin'

[thelandposse]

I'm the OP and as a follow up my batteries are doing fine now. Put close to 25 miles on a full charge and the SOC percentage was I believe 58%. This seems fine to me. Must have been a battery break-in period that affected the initial couple of charging cycles.