Storing Your Golf Cart Battery for the Off-Season
A battery stored badly for three months does more harm than a year of hard use. The storage recipe is boring, cheap and easy to get wrong.
The storage recipe
- Charge to full, then store
- Monthly: connect the charger and top up to full again
- Store cool and dry; heat accelerates internal loss
- Keep batteries off bare concrete with a mat or board underneath
Why monthly matters
Every battery self-discharges, and lead-acid that sits below full charge for weeks begins sulphating — crystals form on the plates and capacity is lost permanently. Monthly top-ups prevent that entirely.
The disconnect question
Disconnecting the negative cable prevents parasitic draw from clocks and controllers. Reconnect before charging so the charger reads the pack properly.
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