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Re: External power for LED worklights?

I'm just going to throw this in.

It sounds like a great idea, but why not just use a headlamp. It'll save weight on your robot and you also won't have to go through any inspections. Just my thought.

But on the other hand (as the argument goes on with my self), it would look really cool and catch a lot of attention having LED's, and you might be able to see in places that might be hard to see in with any other outside light source.

But, then again (has anyone else argued with themselves like this before?), head lamps CAN be cheaper in the long run, plus you won't have to worry about a chance of one of the LED's breaking in the middle of a competition (depending on where you place them obviously). And, on top of that, you could make a really cool pit crew uniform with some headlamps.

Most of my own argument within myself, the next part of it goes onto battery issues, which can go on for a bit, too.
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