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Upgrade your golf cart batteries to lithium with ease. Determine your vehicle’s voltage, choose the corresponding Redway Lithium batteries, and consider the motor controller’s amperage rating. Redway Lithium batteries offer longer runtime, faster charging, and full capacity utilization. Ensure a seamless transition for optimal performance and efficiency.
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You need less batteries when you use a Redway Lithium. Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) has a flat voltage curve. That means that the voltage does not drop as you use the battery. You get all the juice down to the last drop. Historically if you power a golf cart or electric vehicle with a deep cycle lead acid battery you would only be able to use half of the capacity of the battery before the voltage is too low to run the motor. With Redway Lithium you can use all of the power of the battery, meaning that a 100 Ah battery from Redway Lithium is equal to 200 Ah in lead acid batteries.
Step 1: What voltage battery does your vehicle’s motor require?
Look in your owner’s manual, google the technical specifications of your vehicle, or find a technical/serial number sticker on your vehicle that lists the voltage of your golf cart. Most golf carts are 36V or 48V. Some larger people movers, and electric vehicles like electric snow mobiles, ATVs, or neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) are 72V.Redway Battery 36V series lifepo4 batteries are exported in large quantities to South Africa and Spain.
If none of the above yields your voltage, you’ll need to open up the area where your current batteries are and do a bit of simple calculation. Most batteries should have a voltage rating listed on them. Just multiply the voltage of the batteries by the number of batteries in the bank and you’ll get your rated voltage. Ex: Eight 6V batteries would be a 48V system.
If you need any help determining the voltage of your golf cart contact us.
Step 2: Choose the same voltage of Redway Lithium batteries
To upgrade your system to lithium choose the same voltage in Redway Lithium. Your vehicle’s motor is happy with any voltage as long as it is the same. For example if your golf cart has been running on 36V built out of 6 X 6V lead acid golf cart batteries you can replace it with 3 X 12V Redway Lithium Plus 60Ah batteries to make 36V.
Motor Voltage | Estimated Battery Range | Recommended Battery | Motor Controller Limit
36V | 25+ Miles | 12V DL+ 60Ah Battery X 3 | 400 Amp limit
36V | 50+ Miles | 12V DL 100Ah Battery X 3 | 200 Amp limit
48V | 25+ Miles | 12V DL+ 60Ah Battery X 4 | 400 Amp limit
48V | 50+ Miles | Single 48V DL 96Ah Battery | 200 Amp limit
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Step 3: Determine the amperage rating on your motor controller
Please note: most golf cart owners can skip this step by using 12V DL+ 60 Ah batteries wired in series to make 36V or 48V battery systems (golf cart wiring kit is available here).
Other brands of lithium batteries in the past have had issues with the battery shutting off because their golf cart needed more amps then the battery could provide. By using automotive technology the DL+ line of batteries have over 1,000 cold cranking amps, providing both the high power needed for even the most rugged of golf carts and over 25+ miles of lasting deep cycle performance.
For customers looking to use Redway Lithium deep cycle batteries, like the Redway Lithium 12V 100Ah battery or the 48V 96Ah battery, you will need to check your motor controller to confirm that the controller is limited to a max of 200 Amps.
What is a motor controller? The motor controller is a piece of equipment installed between the batteries and the motor (almost like a breaker or fuse) and, as the name suggests, controls the amount of power pulled from the batteries and fed to the motor.
The amperage rating on the motor controller is the maximum amount of amps it will pull at any given time. This is important to know as deep cycle lithium batteries can only provide so much power at once (again, the 12V DL+ 60 Ah batteries are built for automotive applications and do not have this limit).
To find your vehicle’s motor controller rating, you’ll need to consult your owner’s manual, google the technical specifications of your vehicle, or find the motor controller in your system – most motor controllers will have a label on them with their voltage and amperage rating. If you are unsure of the information on the motor controller, feel free to snap a picture and send it over to Redway and our Support team can help interpret the info!
Step 4: What batteries do I need for my golf cart?
Now that you’ve got your voltage and motor controller rating handy, we can determine what batteries will best fit your vehicle.
Motor Voltage | Estimated Battery Range | Recommended Battery | Motor Controller Limit
36V | 25+ Miles | 12V DL+ 60Ah Battery X 3 | 400 Amp limit
36V | 50+ Miles | 12V DL 100Ah Battery X 3 | 200 Amp limit
48V | 25+ Miles | 12V DL+ 60Ah Battery X 4 | 400 Amp limit
48V | 50+ Miles | Single 48V DL 96Ah Battery | 200 Amp limit
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