ELECTRICVEHICLE-BATTERIESBatteryTesting–8Volt
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BATTERYTESTING–8VOLT
SeeGeneralWarningsonpage1-2.
Testproceduresnotavailableattimeofpublication.RefertoanyBulletinthatisreleasedconcerningtestingfor
ModelYear2015.
BATTERYREGROUPING
CAUTION
•Topreventdegradationofbatteryperformanceandlife,nevermixbatteriesofdifferentpartnumbers
orbrands/modelnumbers.Anytimeadifferentmodelofbatteryisused,thechargingalgorithmmust
bechangedtomatchit.ForvehicleswithPowerDrivecharger,thevehicles'onboardcomputermust
bechangedtoonethatisspecictothebatteryinstalled.Forvehicleswithhigh-frequencycharger
(e.g.ERICorQuiQ),thechargermustbereprogrammedwiththeappropriatealgorithmspecicto
thebatteryinstalled.
RegroupingisnowClubCar’sstandardbatteryreplacementmethod.Regroupingisthepracticeofplacingbatteriesof
similarconditiontogetherinonevehicle.Forexample,iftherewasanissuewiththebatteriesintwocarsandthe
batterytestindicatedthreefailedbatteriesineachcar,afterremovingthefailedbatteries,therewillbesixgood
batteriesremaining.InstallthesixremaininggoodbatteriestogetherinonecarandinstallNEWbatteriesintheother
car.Werecommendregroupingbatteriesinasmanycarsaspossibleatagivenopportunitytominimizemixingold
andnewbatteriestogetherinonebatterypack.AtrainingvideoforregroupingisavailabletoviewinthePartner
Pavilionunder“Tech/Warranty”andthen“TrainingVideos”.ContactyourregionalT echSupportpersontoassist
youintheregroupingprocessifneeded.
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