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Re: Better Battaries for Driver Pratice

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Originally Posted by Chris Mormile View Post
Each battery is 18Ah. Each charger can charge at up to 6 amps. By basic math it takes a battery that is 1Ah (in capacity) that is being charged at 1 amp, 1 hour to charge. So our FIRST robot batteries will take 3 hours to charge because they are 18Ah and are being charged at 6 amps.

Just to clarify: 18Ah is a measure of the energy stored in the battery, not the energy required to charge it. The charging process is not 100% efficient.