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Re: Batteries on robot
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Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank
You can own as many spare batteries as you want, as long as they are the same part as in the kit, but you can only have one at a time on the robot.
One is incorrect.

At any given time while competing, One 12v main battery & One 7.2v backup battery that plugs directly to the RC. 2 batteries, different Voltages.

You may buy more batteries to have on hand, but they must be of the same specifications of the supplied KOP batteries.

Ie: no 9v batteries on your robot powering anything "functional".

The only exception to this rule (and someone correct me if it changed since last year) is the use of a battery to power a non-functional decoration.

I could be wrong about that last part though... Check the Manual, under Robot, and the Electrical section of that.
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