Costco vs Sams Club 6V Golf Cart Batteries
Hi, I'm about to buy two new 6V golf cart batteries for my TT. I am choosing between the Costco and the Sams Club 6V batteries. Here is all the stats provided for each battery where I live: Co...
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Gale Hawkins wrote:
From my experience neither dumb or smart charges can deal well with batteries at their end of life cycle but both are OK with sound batteries.
Agreed, when they are dying, they're dying.
On the other hand, I now have my truck battery in Hospice, on the charger. This Motorcraft battery is now 10+ yrs. old, has powered a 1000w sound system and endured nearly it's whole life with bad door interlock switches (interior lights don't go off and sometimes come on, intermittently). My point is that even a dumb charger can get pretty smart with a little help. My regimen is to keep connections clean, add water when needed, and if the capacity is low (end of life), do a 40 amp equalize charge and then finish with a trickle charge for the next couple of days.
I'd like to make it through the winter with the Motorcraft but prognosis isn't good.
The good news is that my two Sams Club GC2's are showing good cell SG and the solar is treating them well.
