Battery tips

How-to and maintenance for lithium and lead-acid golf cart batteries.

Bedrock 48V 105Ah lithium golf cart conversion kit

Eight 6-volt batteries for a 48-volt cart

Eight 6-volt batteries in series are 48 volts. This is not the six-battery 8-volt layout, even though both are 48-volt carts. Match the cart by make, model…

Six 8-volt batteries for a 48-volt cart

Six 8-volt batteries are the other common 48-volt lead pack. A healthy one rests near 8.4 volts. The string rests near 50 volts. Match the cart by make…

Four 12-volt deep-cycle batteries for 48 volts

Four 12-volt deep-cycle golf batteries in series are 48 volts. A healthy one rests near 12.6 volts. Match the cart by make, model, year, and voltage before…

Replace a golf cart set, not one battery

The weak battery is the one that sits a full volt under the others after a full charge and a rest. It is also the one that drinks more water than the rest.

What a flooded GC2 set needs after you buy it

A flooded GC2 set is six or eight 6-volt batteries that will need water for as long as you own them. Match the cart by make, model, year, and voltage before…

What changes when the GC2 set is AGM

The Interstate GC2-HD AGM is a sealed 6-volt battery. You do not add water. You do not pry the cover because a neighbor’s flooded set gets water.

Interstate GC2HC and GC2XHC: read the term

The GC2HC and GC2XHC are flooded 6-volt Interstate batteries with a 6-month free-replacement period on the listings we carry. Several other GC2 models are 12 months.

Choose S, UT, or UTL terminals

Look at the lug on the cable before you look at the price. An S post, a UT post, and a UTL post are different hardware. Match the cart by make, model, year…

Lead-acid set for a Club Car Precedent

A Precedent on lead-acid is usually 48 volts, as six 8-volt batteries or eight 6-volt batteries, sometimes four 12-volt deep-cycle batteries. Count the cases in your car.

Lead-acid set for an EZGO TXT

TXT carts exist as 36-volt and 48-volt cars. Six 6-volt batteries mean 36. Six 8-volt or eight 6-volt batteries mean 48. Match the cart by make, model…