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Unread 14-10-2013, 13:58
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Re: Running Two Batteries

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Originally Posted by Breadbocks View Post
Thanks for the input. For the record, in addition to a 4-cim drive base and a compressor constantly running, in addition to some other electronics, and the load is only going to go up once we add some other stuff that'll drain more power like a crapton of LEDs to make it pretty. I've had other 4-cim drive bases and the battery didn't drop anywhere near as much when it was running.
I'd bet that compressor is the culprit and also extremely hot after only a few minutes of running.
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