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Question about carts

So to start things off, let me explain, for a little off season project, i thought that having a multi-purpose workbench/tool-chest/battery station is much more practical then chargers on the floor, using the totes as tool chests, and other problems that were had in my teams rookie year, (2013 was 4519's first season).

From all that i was wondering if there are regulations in place against having say a deep cycle battery on the cart that can provide power to power bars, battery chargers, and so on.

I was thinking that the cart would be designed to fit in a 36" doorway, and to be a couple feet long, 3'-6' perhaps. my design for the cart would all start with a main power in, a power cord, running from the main cart battery to an outlet for recharges. at that point there would be the battery, for that i would plan to have a master switch that when flipped cuts all power on the cart, both to and from the battery (in case of sudden problems, and for overnight situations), i would plan for it to also have a little information panel easily accessible that would display the battery's current charge and such.
From there the battery would just run to appropriate transformers to make the power safe for being hooked up to power bars, the classmate DS, and battery chargers

Apart from all electrical, it would just have some drawers of a cupboard with all the super important tools that would need easy access.
back to the original question, Is there anything governing the use of large battery's on carts?

also if anyone has any ideas or tips for improvement of the cart design, please leave a comment, Thanks!

Have a great day everyone!

-Connor
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