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Re: Battery Best Practices
Our team usually takes 4 batteries, and that gets us through usually pretty well. As far as chargers, I would suggest at least one per battery, but you could get away with just 2 or 3 chargers if you must. For testing the batteries at competition, we have a device (I think it's an old automotive battery tester) that puts the battery under load and reads it as good or weak. To charge the batteries, we charge them over night before and during competitions, and during the day on Fridays and Saturdays, we change it to the full 6AMP charging rate and try to always keep one full charged battery on hand. We also separate full charged batteries from batteries that need to be plugged in. If there is ever an open charger, we plug in a battery unless the battery is >95%.
If it comes down to elims, you can always ask other teams if you can borrow batteries/chargers. They'll be happy to loan you for the afternoon.
Hope it helps!
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