$89 Japlar Schauer 36 Volt Golf Cart Maintainer |
$89 Japlar Schauer 48 Volt Golf Cart Maintainer |
These units are designed for long term battery maintenance on golf cart or other 36 or 48 volt battery pack systems of 10 to 300 amp hours. They supply a float voltage (see tutorials), and pass whatever current is required up to 2.5 amps to maintain that voltage. Some large or original equipment golf cart chargers go through a charge cycle, and then shut off, not going to a float mode, and not reinitiating a charge cycle if the batteries need it. If these carts or packs sit unmaintained for any length of time, the batteries internally discharge and sulfate, decreasing battery capacity, eventually to the point of battery destruction. These units compensate for that internal discharge, and prevent sulfation build up from this cause. These are NOT to be used instead of a higher amp bulk charger (typically 15 to 25 amps on a golf cart), but when the cart will not be used for a length of time, and is put away fully charged.