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Re: Lansing District 2009
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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
Speaking of the bad battery cell (a 2009 battery), has anybody else had problems with batteries? I haven't heard anything from other teams, but I was discussing this with a motorcycle mechanic, and he mentioned that they have had a lot of problems with Vietnamese batteries. Unfortunately for us, we originally thought the problem was a bad connection. We tightened them down, "charged" it (or so we thought - according to the light on the charger) and used the same battery in a semi-finals match, where we sat motionless once again - a fatal error. Before going to the West Michigan District, we will have all our batteries load tested.
Yeah, I saw that happen right in front of me (I was one of the refs). When I asked someone they said, "Yeah, they had low voltage on the battery, they said they must have grabbed a partially charged battery".

I immediately thought, "Hmm, could be a bad cell". I've heard/seen it happen with the robot batteries but usually on an older battery. Just think about some of the impacts these batteries see. I'm not sure they were designed for such things...