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Originally Posted by AustinH
I remember there being a post a year or two ago about a modified battery cable for hot-swapping batteries.
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Originally Posted by Rainydaymaker
Bring lots of batteries. Our electrical mentor last year wired up two robot power cables in parallel. When the voltage starts to get too low (still enough voltage to run the cRio). A fresh batter is connected before the discharged battery is disconnected. This avoids the delay waiting for the cRio to boot.
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Originally Posted by tickspe15
We have a battery splitter that we use to wire two batteries in parallel.
This way we don't have to turn off the robot to change the battery during parades.
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THIS. You don't have the time in a parade to wait for a reboot; make a "Y" cable, when one battery gets weak, plug in a second and then disconnect the first, and keep going.
Also, you need a wagon or cart to carry batteries, and maybe an operator (who cannot carry the driver station for any real distance).
1/2" clearance is insufficient, fix that somehow.
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