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Re: First: 2008 Batteries are D-Y-I-N-G.
We had quite a few batteries die on us. We think it is because, during a demo, we drained them very low, like 5 volts on the OI low, causing the plates inside to corrode.
When "charged," the voltmeter says the battery's voltage is fine, but it cannot deliver enough current to run the robot. So as advice to all teams, NEVER discharge your battery to the point where, on the OI, it reads a very low voltage.
We wasted a few practice rounds at SVR last year because we were putting batteries that said 13+ volts on the voltmeter on them, but couldn't deliver current, so the robot couldn't move.
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