Thread: Battery life?
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Unread 03-05-2011, 07:39
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Re: Battery life?

Kari,
Batteries have a finite life. The batteries we use are speced at 400 charge/discharge cycles under normal use. Our use is pretty heavy with long periods of no use in between. I estimate a team can get realistically no more than 300 if their robots use a lot of current or 350 if they are more efficient. If you are still practicing with 2007 batteries you are getting some decent life.
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