Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

Can somone please give me the link to where i can find the 7.2 volt edu battery i cant find it at any local stored and well i am using the edu bot for a project and i cant take the battery we used for backup cause we had to ship it with our bot so if i could get a link to the website that the battery came from it would be appreciated thanks
-chris

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

You can get these batts from Innovation First.

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

I ran a search for the term "battery" and came up with all of these results.

I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for there. Twice, probably. Maybe even three times. ;)

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

You can also build the batteries. Just go and get some 1.2 volt AA sized (probably somewhere around 700 mAh) NIMH cells, and solder 6 of them together (positive to negative with leads), and presto! You have a battery pack.

-Scooter

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

i was wondering... is the backup battery realy nessesary? could a variable voltage regulator at 7.2 volts (connected to the 12v main) do the same thing? or could we just not connect it at all to save weight... i have seen no diffrence in functionalty with it connected vs not connected. maybe im just slow

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

That would work, but you can't use that battery with NiMH cells in competition. You could use NiCad, though.

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

you can find the Offical FIRST/IFI edu- Battery for $7 @ IFI. The battery is included in the inspection sheet posted at the 2004 Inspection Sheet so i would reccommend you have it at the comps. The battery powers any Servo motors you would use and also it will keep your bot from completly dieing if your main battery disconnects.

Re: Where did first get the Edu Batteries
 

Ahh!! Silly me for not reading all of the Q&A.

-Scooter