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Originally Posted by lpickett
My husband and I procured a battery load tester for the team. We load test the batteries at the first of the season to see if there is a need to buy new ones. Anything that is 50 to 70 percent is relegated to use for shop use, not competition.
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We take all the batteries to a local auto parts store for load-testing at the beginning of each season. They will test them for free.
The batteries need to last for a single match w/o impairing performance. Normal engineering practice is to design for a 2X margin so our robot generally will run 2 matches on a single charge but we NEVER do that (always replace the battery for a new match).
HTH