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Unread 07-02-2005, 19:23
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Re: Dead battery!

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Originally Posted by krhs_programmer
Sorry about the lack of info. i didn't have much time before. But the neg. (-) terminal on the battery was exposed and the battery was held in the robot by the latex tubing and it could slide. Today when i came in the battery had a charge put back on it and when i put the volt meter on it i watched the voltage rapidly drop.
This is to be expected. Bringing the battery below 11 volts can start to cause perminant damage, and if you really did manage to get your battery down to 0.25V, the thing is toast.
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