Butler Country Club could not charge its full fleet at once. Staff rotated carts in and out of the barn to get them all charged, and the charging equipment they were working around hung low enough to be a hazard.
Golf and recreation
Butler, Pennsylvania
T3 Track Busway, 100 amp
60-cart fleet, three 50-foot runs
Butler Country Club is a private club founded in 1904, with more than 350 members and an 18-hole course in western Pennsylvania. Its electric cart fleet runs to 60 vehicles, all of which need to be charged overnight and ready in the morning.
The legacy charging system in the cart barn could not handle the whole fleet. Staff rotated carts through the available chargers, which turned a routine overnight task into a managed process somebody had to run.
The equipment itself was the second problem. Chargers and cords hung low and sat tightly packed, creating overhead and tripping hazards in a space people move through constantly. The barn could not power anything else since there were no spare outlets.
Three 50-foot runs of 100 amp T3 Track Busway, mounted overhead. Plug-in units spaced along each run carry four 20 amp breakers and four 20 amp receptacles apiece, and each unit is fitted with custom brackets that hold four E-Z-GO chargers.
The full fleet charges at once. Nobody rotates carts.
The chargers can be moved or added anywhere along the run without new circuits, so the layout can change as the fleet does. Cords and equipment came up off the floor, which recovered usable space in the barn and removed the hazards. The club’s power is no longer fully committed: spare capacity is available for whatever else the barn needs.
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