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Originally Posted by chmconkling
Deep cycle batteries are not allowed in the event. Some regionals don't care but the one I was a safety advisor at, one team wanted to use one and we had to end up taking it from them.
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I'd also like a source on this. We have a lawn tractor battery and a UPS in our cart that charges in the pits with a standard computer power cable. We use the battery to provide power for our UPS and the UPS to charge our driver station as well as an electric linear actuator that lifts our robot from 18" off the ground to 36" or anywhere in between. This makes our robot cart a huge resource for us in the pits for working on the robot at a comfortable height, but has also proved to be an amazing resource during eliminations for keeping our DS charged and ready. We have even loaned our cart to other teams to work on their robots during eliminations.