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Re: Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by sanelss View Post
We consider the safety manual as guidelines not competition rules. If everything stated in that manual were enforced then every single team would be disqualified for one reason or another. Also the chargers state they automatically set he charge current. Even if they do deliver more than 7A it's not for a very long time either. Worst case is we do bulk charge on old 6A chargers then top off with these. That way they never do get charged higher than 6A but this is just playing around a technicality and more or less on a guideline rather than a competition rule anyway. Either way it won't really be an issue if that's all we have to adhere to.
The charger you linked to is meant for car batteries, not FRC batteries. The charger does not know that the battery connected to it is not what it is designed for.
The safety rules are rules, and you will be told to follow them.
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