When your golf cart battery needs to be replaced, you can hire a professional to also replace the battery for you, but this expense cost is also higher. Aside from hiring a professional to install the battery for you, you can also try to install the golf cart battery by yourself. You don’t have to worry, we will explain how to install a golf cart battery for you in detail below.
Steps to install a battery on a golf cart
1. Preparation:
You need to prepare screwdrivers, wrenches, cleaners, gloves, goggles and a series of other tools that you need during the installation.
2. Turn off the power of the golf cart:
Make sure the golf cart is turned off at the beginning to prevent electric shock during the installation process
3. Remove the seat:
Generally, the battery compartment of the golf cart will be underneath the seat, so you will need to remove the seat first so that you can install the battery later.
4. Disconnect the battery cables:
Golf cart batteries are usually six to a piece, and are connected in series or parallel to increase the output of current from a short circuit. When you want to install the batteries, you have to disconnect the negative cable of the batteries first, and then disconnect the positive cable of the batteries according to the number of batteries you want to replace, in order to disconnect the power supply you need, it is best to wrap the ends of the batteries with insulating tape again, to prevent accidental touching.
5. Remove all the brackets:
The golf cart may be vibrated by the ground during driving, you need to have brackets to fix the golf cart firmly, after removing the power supply you can remove all the brackets in the battery compartment to fix the batteries, you need to use a screwdriver to loosen them carefully, remove them and put them aside.
6. Remove the Battery:
After removing all the fixtures of the golf cart battery, you will need to remove the old battery. But to do so old batteries should not be left lying around, usually such batteries can be sent to recycling centers to reduce the harm of batteries to the environment.
7. Check the compartment of the battery box:
In the process of operation, some debris may fall into the golf cart battery compartment, you need to clean up these debris first to make sure the working environment of the new battery is clean.
8. Clean the connectors:
During the use of the battery, some dirt may appear on the surface of the connectors, you need to use a cleaning brush and cleaning spray, spray the cleaning spray on the connections first to clean the dirt appearing on the connectors, to ensure that the battery works efficiently
9. Connecting Batteries:
To connect the batteries, you need to connect the negative terminal of the battery first, then connect the positive terminal of the battery, and so on, until all the batteries are connected together, and finally connect the positive and negative terminals of the main battery. But be sure to use a wrench to tighten the nuts on the battery terminals.
10. Secure the batteries:
With the brackets removed, you will now need to fit them in place again and also fit the seat in place in order to check the performance of the golf cart.
11. Test the golf cart to see if it is ready for use:
The last thing to do is to do a thorough check of the golf cart, including the battery to see if the battery works properly, if the golf cart runs smoothly and other issues. If everything is fine with the golf cart it can be put into use normally.
Conclusion:
The above are all the steps to install a golf cart battery, with the above, you can start installing your golf cart. After installation, take proper care of your golf cart battery in order to extend the life of your golf cart.
