This weight savings is immediately noticeable in your cart’s moving from a full stop, in its steering and handling. If you go with two lithium InSight batteries, your total weight will be 69 pounds or a savings of 309 pounds! Even if you go with four lithium batteries as I did because of the considerable elevation changes on our courses, your new total weight will be 138 pounds or a savings of 240 pounds! You can comfortably replace the six lead acid batteries in your cart with just two lithium batteries. Lithium batteries pack more power than lead acid, and in the case of InSight batteries, each battery supplies 48 volts and 30-amp hours. A normal set of lead acid batteries tips the scales at 378 pounds. The weight savings of lithium over wet lead-acid batteries is one of the biggest advantages. Lithium batteries offer several compelling advantages over lead-acid batteries, including: This review focuses on the logic behind my decision, the replacement process, and the result. Based on my research, I decided to go with RELiON InSight lithium batteries, provided at cost by RELiON. After three and one-half years, the original Trojan T-875 batteries were failing and barely able to make it through one round.
The cart gets used an average of three times per week on one of our two golf courses, both of which have sizeable elevation changes throughout the courses. I have a 2017 Yamaha Drive2 PTV golf cart with Yamaha’s AC motor and it came new with six 8-volt lead acid batteries. This opened a new alternative to consider and brings us to this review. Ok, maybe that last option is a bit extreme, but I know owners who do just that.Ī few years ago, some of the OEM golf cart manufactures started selling their carts with the option of a single large lithium battery versus the traditional four (12-volt) or six (8- volt) lead acid batteries in 48 volt powered golf cars.Īround the same time that OEM golf cart manufacturers began offering lithium batteries as an option, a few battery manufacturers started producing lithium batteries for the replacement of lead acid batteries in existing golf carts. You could call the shop you bought your cart from and have them order and replace the lead acid batteries, you could locate a supplier of similar sized lead acid batteries and do it yourself, or you could just buy a new golf cart. Until recently, these were the only viable options. This product review focuses on a decision many golf cart owners face when the original lead-acid batteries start failing - replace with the exact same or consider an alternative brand lead-acid batteries.
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