Adding Water To Golf Cart Batteries

Other batteries have square caps that can be carefully removed with a flat blade screwdriver.

Adding water to golf cart batteries. So here is another rule. 2 we recommend service once or twice a year. Watering your batteries improves the lifespan of your batteries and the performance of you golf cat. And we also want to help you be great caretakers of your golf cart.

So if you bring your golf car home with discharged batteries and proceed to fill the cells with water you have just over watered them. If the battery plates are exposed to air distilled water should be added to each hole to cover the plates. As you charge the levels will increase even further. Use a filler syringe to slowly add water.

One of the worst is water that has been softened by commonly used water softeners. Once they are in service you only add distilled water in them. Water softeners leave chlorides in the water and they are very bad for batteries. After charging your battery is when you want to add water.

Today mike demonstrates how to use the flow rite watering systems for your batteries. Adding water after charging prevents acid from spilling over. Use only distilled water in your batteries. A new set of batteries for your golf car will cost you about 450 distilled water is inexpensive.

3 always use distilled water so you don t add additional minerals into your battery. All of our 2016 club car precedents come preloaded with these systems. You ll want to add water to 1 2 inch from the top of the battery. In the old days most batteries were not sealed and they are empty when new.

Under the caps are plastic filler holes that lead to the battery plates. Kerry shows you how to properly fill your electric golf cart s batteries. The acid is only added after you purchased the battery. The battery will not be able to fully reverse the process when charging the battery if the specific gravity of the electrolyte is already high or in saturation point while its not yer fully charged.