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Originally Posted by RyanN
Without the rules, yes, it is okay to run it from a 7.2V battery up to a 12V battery:
But apparently from the rules aspect, this is prohibited, so I would stick with a 7.2V battery like the GDC says.
The question remains... What is functionally identical??? Does that mean, identical to the one included in the KOP, or just another 7.2V battery that you can buy from a store, since that can be used on the robot instead.
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Ah yes Pavan, I didn't check the rules. I was just reading the manual for the chicklet earlier today, and noticed the spec. Thanks for pointing this out.
As for "functionally identical", they mean a set of NiCd(yes?) batteries that provide 7.2V output. The ones we ordered off of Digikey are in a different configuration (a long skinny tube of 3x (two across)), and they never gave us a problem about it.
Again, sorry for the misinformation. It will work, however, with up to 12V. Just maybe not legally.
Jacob