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Originally Posted by EricH
Now, the question then becomes: Where do you plan to use this cart, primarily? Obviously, in the pit, which has a power drop (thereby making the large battery unnecessary); where else do you anticipate using the cart (and what are the odds of a power outlet being nearby)?
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Well the cart would of course be in the pit, and around my school the majority of our testing is done in our gym, which is not an idea distance to be running back and fourth for things like battery's, and also for the space we have in the school, we have to keep everything in the smallest area possible, (we have a small classroom as a workshop).
To your point on the pits having power, making the battery a little redundant, and event that happened at the regional my team attended was one of the power power lines failed because the generator died, and where our pit was there were not other close by power sources, so we were powerless for about 4 or 5 hours, so its basically a better safe then sorry feature.