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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
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The venue should be able to dig a few power drops out of their house box in a minute or two. All it requires is a threeway extension cord at each player station.
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It really shouldn't even take that long considering there already is AC power at the drivers station for the SCCF cases, as well as additional power drops for the fixed cameras on the corners of the field. I was surprised that FIRST didn't provide the ability to plug the Classmate into power on the field. It will be interesting to see how these PCs hold up in Atlanta, and if any delays are caused by teams are waiting for the laptops to wake up or if they fail from the long walks or waits in the queue.
While we didn't have any issues last weekend in San Diego with ours, there was a few rounds where our battery was dangerously low. Plugging it in when the bot was in the pit helped, but there really should be something on the field to plug them into. It's very likely that the veteran teams will need to reuse PC next year, and who knows what shape the batteries will be in by then. Maybe someone will donate batteries for the KoP
