Thread: Question?? The PD’s power input
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Re: Question?? The PD’s power input
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Originally Posted by mikets View Post
We have a small footprint practice bot with cRIO and 4-wheel CIM motor drive interchangeable with regular or mecanum wheels. We use this battery:
http://www.all-battery.com/rectangul...ightrobot.aspx
It works great. When we add more attachments and motors to the practice bot (e.g. the shooter wheels for this season), we hooked up the regular big lead-acid battery. A picture of our practice bot with the NiMH battery can be found here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...7&d=1326270647

That battery is 10 amp/hours, as opposed to the 17 or 18 amp/hour rating for the FRC leagal battery. Does anyone have any experience using larger batteries with the FRC system? I was thinking that a 40amp/hour marine battery would be excellent for full day demo's and parades.