Solid State vs Transformer Based Golf Cart Battery Chargers
The basic difference why your old golf cart battery charger weighed a ton vs the new light weight chargers is the old one has a transformer inside and the new ones have PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) diodes and resistors.
The new chargers are more efficient at converting AC power to DC power to charge your golf cart batteries. Hence saving you a few dollars on your electric bill but more importantly reducing the demands placed on the national power grid. Just think if only 50% of golf cart owners plugged in across the nation say 10 million golf cart battery chargers. WOW!!! Lots of power needed. So what if we said these new chargers are between 33-50% more efficient? The need to build another power plant can be put off for the time being and for once the government was thinking making the private sector foot the bill to solve a problem.
Other features and benefits found in the new style chargers are never seen before in the transformer-based chargers.
- Auto-Sensing Feature; senses and charges based on voltage feedback from the system to be charged. 24 volt, 36 volt, and 48 volt systems.
- Programmable Customization available to set charge algorithm specific to your batteries chemistry, size and voltage. Which allows for a better charger and hence longer battery life and better performance.