Probably the reason the golf cart industry has taken on this, is because in the winter months the carts & batteries are idle. Whereas, for the most part industrial batteries get use year around. But certain there is not substitute for proper charging & maintanence on the industrial batties or any lead acid battery & timely use of the "Equalize" charge mode, which many users (and sales people) have the slightest idea of what it means or does.