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Re: Battery failures?

Thanks for all of the replies guys.

Al/Ether - A second inspection of the robot shows a spot where there is a remote chance that the battery lead could be pushed pretty hard by a mechanism. I think this could have caused one of the leads to fracture. This will be cured with better wire control.

Steve - Our robot also has the battery mounted low and without much padding, plus we played a good bit of defense. This seems a likely cause for the leakage failure. We'll look into padding options.
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