[RE-wrenches] Solar Golf Cart

[John Blittersdorf]

Jason, I have done several .  My first one had 3  85 watt panels on Unirac
rails attached to the same support as the original plastic roof.  Worked
great but the rain leaked through the panel spaces. Then a few years ago I
replaced the 3 panels with one Solarworld 250. I had to beef up the front
mounting points on the front hood but otherwise have run it continuously
for over 13 years with just one battery replacement and never charged from
the grid since panels were installed.
Used Genesun 36v charge controller

The next one was a 8 passenger stretched
Cart.  The quick and dirty conversion for this one was two wood strips
screwed to the fiberglass roof the length of the roof spaced to fit just
inside the two 325 watt panels.  Used a Victron charge controller for this
48v cart, 2 panels in series.  Both carts have been used at Solarfest
events and the first one also on
Our sheep farm year round.  I Leave it out all winter and shovel up to two
feet of snow off it at times.

Go to Solarfest.org.      Click on
Home, then scroll to the bottom  and the scrolling photos have the 8
passenger cart.  That rig ran non-stop for the 3 days and nights hauling
people & band equipment and
And never ran out of charge.

Let me know if you want more photos.

John Blittersdorf


On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Has anyone done a conversion with a solar panel to replace the entire roof
> of a golf cart?
>
> I would love to get some tips on that. I'm surprised a quick search did
> not bring up a lot of kits.
>
> Jason Szumlanski
> Florida Solar Design Group
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