{"id":1619,"date":"2022-03-28T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfcartgo.com\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2023-10-01T21:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T01:11:16","slug":"can-you-mix-batteries-in-a-golf-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfcartgo.com\/can-you-mix-batteries-in-a-golf-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Mix Batteries in a Golf Cart? (Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
From my experience, golf cart batteries can get expensive, so I try to get them to last as long as possible. But while I may be fixated on considering the costs of mixing new batteries with older ones, I wonder if mixing batteries this way is inadvisable and affects safety<\/a> or performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In general, you can mix batteries in a golf cart without harming it long term, but it is not considered best practice. Combining old with new, batteries of different brands, mixing batteries by creating your own parallel or serial battery packs, or entire battery types (like car batteries) can help a cart move temporarily. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this post, I want to explore why it’s not the best idea and help save you money. <\/p>\n\n\n Whatever kind of battery you choose, all batteries eventually lose their electrical charge<\/a> and grow weaker until they can’t even power a child’s plaything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The thing is, batteries lose power at different rates. If you test them, you might find that the power loss is due to just one errant battery in a pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The evil little miser that hides in your head will suggest that you don’t have to spend all that money; you can do the “sensible thing” and replace the bad battery with a single one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though you can do it, it is not a good idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The combination of old and new batteries<\/a> will probably result in an unrecoverable gap in the maximum electrical capacity of the pack, significantly lessening the power available to your cart and turning your zippy little number into a frustrating and lumbering golf-link jalopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCan You Mix Old and New Golf Cart Batteries?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Can you Replace Just One Battery in a Golf Cart?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n