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Unread 29-03-2010, 01:43
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Re: Leaking Batterys

Thank you for this wealth of knowledge. As a former FIRST student and 3 year mentor i did know that running the batteries below 10.5 volts can ruin them.

All of the batteries are stored in upright positions and mounted in the robot in a horizontal position. None of them have been dropped or damaged in any way. We think that it's a combination of the battery voltage dropping and rookie luck of getting 2 bad batteries.

As a result of this, the team is looking into doing a load test this summer to further our knowledge of the batteries and understand for ourselves why the problems occurred. Thanks for the link to the load tester!

We are also looking into making is a rule to mount batteries in a vertical position in the following rules to help avoid any possibility of leaking because of the orientation of the battery.

- Ryan Epperson
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