HOW TO
Determine If Your Golf Cart is
Operating On a 36V Or 48 V
Battery System
This is a common question that you will need to have the answer before you can determine what
is the correct battery charger for your golf cart. The easiest way to figure it out is to go take a look
at your golf cart.
You will find the battery bank for your golf cart directly under the driver’s seat. In some cases, the
battery system is quite large and will most likely be continued under the front nose cone area of
popular carts like Gem cars or other 4 or more passenger golf carts. The bigger the cart the more bat-
teries the cart will usually have to power the larger engine required to propel the extra passengers.
E-Z-GO Golf Cart-Battery Bank. So, you pull the seat back and what do
you see? Her is an example of a popular golf cart. This picture is of an
older style Club Car with a 36-volt battery system. Which is easily de-
termined because you will count (6) six batteries. Each battery has a
total of (3) three fill holes (also called cells) Each hole or cell will have a
value of 2-volts. So, in this case, we will know that these batteries are
6-volt batteries. Hence – 6x 6-volt battery = 36-volt system.
This simple equation will work with any golf cart or even other older
style EV or electric vehicles operating on traditional lead-acid batteries.
Here is another example to make sure you got it.
How many volts are found in this
late model motor coach battery
system?
Again 1,2,3 = 6-volts (2-volts x 3)
1,2,3,4,5,6 = 6-volts batteries = 36-volts total (6 volts x 6 batteries)
Hey, You are getting good at this! Here is one more for you.
Our shop cart has 4 batteries under the seat but each battery
has (6) six filler holes or cells on each battery. Would this be a
48-volt system?
Yes, It is a 48-volt system because you have 6 cells per battery
and you have 4 batteries. (6 cells x 2-volts = 12-volts) (4 x 12
volt batteries = 48-volts)
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