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Originally Posted by Chris Mormile
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Originally Posted by akoscielski3
Get a new charger...Ours do not take 3 hours to charge ... usually close to 20-30 minutes. Our charger can charge a battery at up to 15 but we usually charge them at 10 or 5. It can also choose what to charge it at, sometimes it chargers at 0.2, but this takes FOREVER to charge them fully./QUOTE]
The reason that you can charge your batteries so quickly is because you have the ability to charge at 2A, 10A, and 15A. When you charge a battery at 15A, it may charge really quickly but it also increases the chance of blowing up your batteries. Plus they are not competition legal. but for driver practice they are probably great.
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The reason that you can charge your batteries so quickly is because you have the ability to charge at 2A, 10A, and 15A. When you charge a battery at 15A, it may charge really quickly but it also increases the chance of blowing up your batteries. Plus they are not competition legal. but for driver practice they are probally great. |
akoscielski3, how many batteries have you blown? While charging them at 15A may increase the risk of blowing them out if you haven't blown any it's probably a negligible risk. Getting new chargers is so far my favorite solution.
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Originally Posted by squirrel
You might try scheduling more practice sessions, and have them be of shorter duration. I don't know how many hours a day you practice, but it must be more than an hour at a time if you're not able to get it done with 10 batteries that each last 6 minutes.
If you have to spend more than an hour practicing, then you might try using the batteries when they're only about 75% charged, and limit them to 4 minutes of operation.
Or schedule a five minute cooling off period after each five minutes of driving.
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True, however while we can work around the problem I'd rather find a fix.
The only reason I would hesitate to do that is the first 2-3 minutes of battery life are noticeably the best. The robot moves faster and it's closer to competition settings (2.25 minutes of a fresh battery). I don't like loosing that cream of the crop battery time but it's better then nothing.