Thread: Automatic battery chargers only?
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Unread 12-01-2005, 16:13
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Automatic battery chargers only?
I'm reading rule R47 and it seems as if we are restricted to only automatic battery chargers. Does this mean that those teams with a lineup of manual ones now need to toss those and go buy new (expensive) auto ones? Why is there this rule?

My personal feeling is that teams should be able to pump juice into their batteries however they please (even if it be by hand crank generator) as long as it is safe. Well, maybe not that far but a manual battery charger is a commercial product designed by engineers for charging batteries, just like an automatic one. Why can't we use it?
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