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what's up guys welcome back today we're
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going to be going over the differences
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between lead acid AGM and lithium
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batteries let's get into
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it so first let's start off by talking
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about the gold standard lead acid
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batteries these right here are trojan 8
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volts lead acid batteries are typically
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what you'd find in most golf carts
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especially the older models once you get
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into the early 2000s 9s and even
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earlier a lot of Pros to these are that
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they are standard so sizing wise pretty
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much whether or not it's 12 6 or 8
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they're all roughly around the same size
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from manufacturer to manufacturer
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they fit usually
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six to four depending on which voltage
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you have lead acid batteries are widely
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available which makes them easy to find
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if you're looking for a battery and a
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pinch they also have an 80 to about 85%
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efficiency rating as far as usage of
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that voltage once stored and charge they
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tend to last roughly 3 to five years
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depending on care now that's a big part
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cuz that's where we start getting to the
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disadvantages of them these require a
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lot of Maintenance you need to check the
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water levels often you can't overcharge
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them or undercharge them because that
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will damage the batteries and depending
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on the brand you may have a really hard
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time bringing them back to life
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so that could that could be a real issue
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for you um if you're not really one
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that's good on keeping up on maintenance
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plus I have to
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add pretty heavy and each cart takes
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anywhere from six or four of these
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depending on the size six will be six
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volts will be the lightest Eight's right
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in the middle and then
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12 forget about it heavy all right let's
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move on to AGM next up we have agmr gel
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batteries there's slight differences
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between AGM and gel but we'll save that
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for another time AGM batteries require
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no water therefore they have way less
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maintenance than a lead acid battery if
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you were to go for a AGM you can expect
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them to be pretty durable as far as
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vibrations and such goes when you're
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driving your cart you don't have to
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worry about any spilling or acid or
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corrosion like you would get from a lead
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acid battery they
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also give off less fumes which I didn't
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really touch on with the lead acid but
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the lead acid while you're charging it
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they can sometimes give off a sulfury
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smell whereas you don't have to worry
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about that with this AGM here they also
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are really good in cold weather
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that's really great if you live in areas
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that are cooler so if you live more
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northern areas of the country um they're
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not really the best though when it comes
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to warmer weather uh they also have a 75
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to
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about 85 efficiency rating as far as
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their ability to utilize that energy
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that you put into them when you charge
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them the cost is a little higher than
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you would get with a lead acid battery
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they're still pretty much readily
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available just not as much so and
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because they have less maintenance
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maintenance they should last you a lot
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longer um you're looking at an average
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of four to 6 years time with these um
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they are though really sensitive to
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overcharging if you overcharge them you
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will destroy this battery the
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performance like I said does suffer in
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the warmer weathers last but not least
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we have lithium ion batteries
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these have a lot of Pros to them they
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have a couple of cons too but some of
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the main Pros are just like the AGM
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there's no maintenance needed
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essentially once it's installed in your
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cart you're pretty much good to go you
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don't have to worry about adding water
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checking water levels acid leaks or
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anything like that they're they're
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pretty straightforward plus out of all
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of them they have the fastest charge
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time it's just like your cell phone you
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plug it up and within a few hours you
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should be able to have a 100% charge and
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use it and you'll also be able to
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get 100% power all the way up until
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about 20 or 30% or so like once it hits
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that point it dies but before that you
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know you can keep going at full speed or
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whatever you're doing for as long as you
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want they have an extended life cycle so
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these tend to last roughly 8 to 10 years
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which is really impressive when you
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think about it but you know if you like
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your phone or laptop take care of the
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battery with how you charge it you'll
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get a lot of life out of these they have
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about a 92 to 98 efficiency rating which
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in my mind blows both of these out the
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water they
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also have really good efficiency no
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matter what the weather is so compared
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to agms they'll do really well in warmer
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weather they also like agms don't give
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off any smell and unlike both of these
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they are pretty light not this one this
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one is um a display model but they're
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much lighter than the other two um cuz
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one of these essentially will be enough
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to power your whole cart um unlike not
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this brand in particular this is a
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Trojan one you would need about two or
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three of these to get the same output as
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four or six of these
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but that's pretty impressive when you
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think about it um there are few cons
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like I said uh lithium batteries tend to
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not have real standard sizing so
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depending on which brand you go and how
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you're trying to put in your vehicle
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you'll get anything from like these
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Trojan ones that fit in your cart like a
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normal battery would to a bigger box
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like a Roy pal or a ReliOn or even an
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Eco battery and those by themselves are
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pretty heavy but again in comparison to
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maybe four six of either of these
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two it you know it really makes a
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difference
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they also haven't been around long so
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depending on which brand you go
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with you could run into some unforeseen
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issues that haven't really been talked
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about or are really known yet and
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also depending on which one you go with
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the install could vary a lot it could be
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either as simple as like I was saying
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with these dropping them in and
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connecting them or having to switch out
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a lot of components on the inside of
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your cart one of the major cons I think
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that lithium batteries currently have is
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pricing
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alone agms again are the middle tier but
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Trojans they could bump that price tag
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up anywhere
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from a couple th000 to maybe 2,000 or so
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depending on the brand and or how many
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lithium battery cells you're trying to
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add into your cart now I wouldn't let
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that be the deterrent because it could
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save you a lot of money in the long call
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just on maintenance and Replacements
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alone because
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again 3 to Four 3 to 5 years 4 to
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6 8 to 10
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replacing these will be like buying one
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of
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these so it's really up to you you so
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tell me in the comments below do you
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currently have lead acid AGM or lithium
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