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Re: O/I POWER?

This was perfected after two years and we love it.

Our OI box has a wiring harness that is always connected the the AC adapter port, this goes to a switch; battery power or AC power.

the battery power is supplied by a standard VEX or RC battery (we put a tamiya connector in to mate to the batteris without mods).

When it is in AC power mode, there is a charging circuit similar to what was reccomend to be used on the robot this year that charges that battery.

We also used the power from that battery to power our USB chiclet.

So far, we found this to be much more elegant and easier to use than normal batteries.