Battery prices

[JeraldWTulsa]

Can someone tell me why the price of 8 volt batteries are high.? You can buy 12 volt trolling motor batteries for half the price of Golf Cart batteries. Also why do they use 8volt  instead of 12 volt? Can you just replace six 8 volt with 4 12 volt ?

[Travis]

most Golf cart batteries are designed to be capable of discharging up to 80% of their charge, while most deep cycle marine batteries are capable of discharging up to only %50 of their charge.

this article may be more helpful, https://www.dixiebattery.com/products/golf-compare

[cliffyk]

They are  built for a very severe duty, high discharge rate, application (which running a trolling motor or a television in an RV ain't),  Compare prices per Amp Hour (Ah) capacity rather than by voltage--you'll see the 8 V batteries are actually the same $$ or a bit less...

[JeraldWTulsa]

Another question. Why six 8 volt Batteries and not four 12 volt for 48volt machine?

[Travis]

that is mentioned here  https://www.dixiebattery.com/products/golf-compare

[cliffyk]

2 hours ago, JeraldWTulsa said:

Another question. Why six 8 volt Batteries and not four 12 volt for 48volt machine?

The power density (Ah capacity) of 4 commonly available 12 V batteries (starting duty or "deep-cycle") would be inadequate to the task--giving people something else to bitch about...

[cliffyk]

2 hours ago, Travis said:

that is mentioned here  https://www.dixiebattery.com/products/golf-compare

Anyone with even a μC (micro-Coulomb) of electrical knowledge would know that...

[JeraldWTulsa]

Gee your smart