Thread: Back-up Battery question
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Re: Back-up Battery question
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Originally Posted by Donut View Post
Just to clarify, not only are you limited to the 2007 charger for this year's back-up battery, you're limited to that charger for ALL your back-up batteries you use this year.



http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=4853

Make sure to charge your back-ups to full before the competition!
You only need two backup batteries. One in the robot, and one on the charger. If you change the backup battery when you change the main battery, and keep the swapped out backup battery on the charger, you will never fall behind on the charge of the backup battery. Don't leave the backup battery on the supplied KOP charger overnight. It will overheat it.

It is useful to use the 15 amp power pole connector on the backup battery. By using this connector on the battery, the robot, and on the charger, you will avoid problems with intermittent connections.

Eugene