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Re: Power Management Recommendation for driver stations

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Originally Posted by IceStorm View Post
Just out of curiosity how long were the inverters staying running on one of the robot batteries? I had thought of doing this at some point on Friday but wasn't sure how long of runtime you would get before you would need to recharge the batteries.
My team actually uses this method to power our control system when we do parades. It allows us to drive the robot while moving!

The batteries last a whole day powering a control system, with heavy use. You should have no problem with one or two batteries charging your classmate throughout the day.

Although this year at Kettering we were shut down by a safety captain when we were using a robot battery to power something besides the robot... You should probably get a clarification from FIRST that this is a "safe" activity before using the battery solution.
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