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Re: 2015 Beta Testing - The Components are Here.
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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod
I hated the IFI backup battery.
It was another thing for teams to keep track of and charged without an easy indicator of when it was depleted or the contact was bad.
They always seemed to be dead for 50% of the teams I helped at events.
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Seconded for truth! That backup battery was a big pain to keep track of... One of our mentors ended up designing a charging circuit for it our second year, so it could stay charged off the main robot battery during competition.
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2007 - Present: Mentor, 2177 The Robettes
LRI: North Star 2012-2016; Lake Superior 2013-2014; MN State Tournament 2013-2014, 2016; Galileo 2016; Iowa 2017
2015: North Star Regional Volunteer of the Year
2016: Lake Superior WFFA
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