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Re: How to build a battery charging station??
Our battery charger has the chargers built in, but additionally it is a power station. Our new one (New for 2014 season) holds and charges six (IIRC) batteries, and also has a fold out table attached to one side, which is really nice to have in the pit area. Also, we have additional space on top to charge our drill batteries (which is really nice to have a designated space for) and extra power strip space to support a few laptop chargers, cell phone cables, power tools, etc. Make sure you include a spot for your drill batteries and at least a few extra power strip spaces for this reason. We also keep our older bookshelf style charger in the shop to charge our test batteries so we can keep our competition batteries separate.
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