Another battery question

Gordon B · Jun 18, 2018

Hi to all,
We have a battery bank with 4 12 volt batteries. One of the batteries is going bad. We will soon be converting to a 6 volt golf cart bank. Until we do is it acceptable to replace the one bad 12 volt with another 12 volt battery without replacing the whole bank?

Thanks
Gordo

foggysail · Jun 18, 2018

Sure!

JDCAVE · Jun 18, 2018

Gordon, for now I’d just pull the one 12V battery and leave it at that unless you can find a similar used battery around. Putting a new battery in will just send good money after bad. When will you install the gold cart batteries?

foggysail · Jun 18, 2018

One never knows how abused a used battery is. What you purchase may be no better than the one you replace.

If the OP’s battery load is such that without a replacement battery, the remaining capacity could be insufficient to support his electrical load demand.

dhays · Jun 18, 2018

Unless you have a 24v system, why not just remove the bad 12v battery and go with the 3 remaining batteries until to replace the bank? If the one battery really is bad, it isn’t adding much to your AmpHours.

janice142 · Jun 18, 2018

I would replace said battery with a new battery, HOWEVER I'd separate it as a second bank. Then I would set the Perko switch to Both. I have done this and for me it works.

That said, I do check my batteries on the 1st of each month. I use Lead Acid, inexpensive Walmart batts aboard Seaweed.

PMF1984 · Jun 18, 2018

I had the same problem with my daughters golf cart. Got a nice used battery (no guarantees) from a golf cart maintenance company. I think it was 25$.

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