I own a golf cart dealership located in North Florida. We sell and service golf carts, both electric and gas. At our dealership there are many more electric golf carts that we repair than gasoline. I’d say we see about a hundred electric cars for every gas in our service department. This is not because gasoline cars are much better and require less maintenance.

The reason for the difference in mass is due to our location. We are in North Florida. Flat without hills North Florida. We are also in a state that has been very “green” friendly. Therefore, there is not a great demand for gasoline golf carts for the not-so-hilly greens. And along with every electric golf cart is the golf cart battery charger. We have walk-ins every week that these chargers are brought in for us to diagnose.

Sometimes the charger is fine, indicating that there is a problem with the golf cart that we then schedule for pickup. However, most of the time the initial connection test indicates some kind of fault with battery charger. Chances are high that the power increase demon attacked the battery charger. We live in an area of ​​North Florida that has more than our fair share of electrical surges. And if that’s not bad enough, we also experienced a host of afternoon thunderstorms accompanied by enough lighting that it would have made Ben Franklin want to live here!

These waves of energy and electrical spikes Find and destroy almost any electrical circuit in its path. Once we lost our microwave, coffee maker (May Day, May Day, …), portable phones, computer and printer, all in the same afternoon! Yes, I know, We should have moved! These wave demons have the mission in mind of search and destroyincluding golf cart battery chargers. After repairing a customer’s battery charger, we asked if they have a surge protector on the circuit they use for their golf cart charger. Boys, we already know the answer. Most of them have the most daring look on their faces when we advise them to put a surge protector before their charger to protect it from surges and damaging spikes. You can buy one from us or wherever you want. But the concept must be put into practice before Another repair cost is incurred due to these electrical demons.

We had a client who disagreed with our advice, paid for his charger repair and went on his way. a couple of months later he came back with the warranty on his battery charger. Folks, the electronic regulator board burned out just when we first repaired your charger. One of the bigger demons must have attacked and hit him so hard that he literally blew a couple of components off the circuit board.

Later show and tell with the guy and explaining that a surge / spike did the damage again, he paid us and went and bought a surge protector and we I haven’t seen the man’s charger since. I know you bought one because you called us from one of the big box stores asking about one of the protectors you were looking at if it would work well for your charger. Live and learn. My mother used to say that some people just don’t learn the easy way. They must be hit twice before they learn to crouch. In today’s society, the school of hard knocks does not suffer from a lack of students, that’s for sure.

I hope I have communicated these concepts in a positive way that helps us understand the need to install a surge protector in the golf cart battery charger power circuit. And by doing so, you avoid having to pay for costly repairs caused by the “electrical demons” of power surges and spikes. With the end result of saving money and taking better care of your golf cart. It is for these things that I write. I write for you and your understanding of your golf cart. Thanks for taking the time to read what I have to say. You honor me by doing so. Okay, until the next time we meet, go out and enjoy your golf cart. After all, isn’t that what you bought it for? MKR