Does any body know any thing about solar powered golf carts

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Does any body know any thing about solar powered golf carts

Post by tomjordanphoto » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:08 pm

Does any body know any thing about solar powered golf carts. I saw a few this year on the playa and never got around to asking the driver how they did it. Does anybody know anything about how to make a 6 volt golf solar powered. Or at least how to charger the batteries with solar power. Thats all I would appreciate some advice or a web site link or somthing. I just dont want to spend lots of money on something that might now work thank you much
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Post by Ibby » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:41 am

Solar golf carts aren't likely to be cheap. I wanted to build one, and I had money to throw at it, but I opted for a small electric scooter (gas = nasty). But here's the URL of a local company (Victoria BC Canada) that I deal with for solar gear, inverters and pumps. They're an excellent company:
http://www.spsenergy.com/
Getting an electric golf cart and hooking solar cells and a regulator into it is quite easy. But costly. Good luck though!
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Post by tomjordanphoto » Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:39 pm

Thanks for the advice I dont think I have enough room on my cart to fit enought solar panels to generate enought power becasue I need about 1200 watts. I e-mailed that company for some advice but no reply. I will just keep looking. much thank for the link. here are some pic from this year
http://tomjordanphoto.com/danyellaphoto/
just have to click on the burning man pic at the bottom
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