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Re: Al's Annual Inspection Thread

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Originally Posted by Jon236 View Post
The issue isn't whether the battery is switched after running the compressor; it is whether an off-board battery/compressor setup is used to pressurize the system. According to the rules, the compressor must be controlled by the cRio via the pressure switch....thus only 1 battery can be used....the battery on the robot. You certainly can maintain the pressure in the tanks after switching the battery.
What about a setup that allows the Anderson connector (properly hooked up to the main circuit breaker and the power distribution board) to be plugged into a battery that is not actually residing within the robot? In this case, you could have a battery sitting in the robot, ready to go, and one sitting next to the robot, powering everything (cRio, Compressor, etc) while the pneumatics charge... then unplug that battery and plug in the one that's already on the robot. That is the typical practice that is being discussed here.
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