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Jim Harbison Jim Harbison is offline
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Lightbulb We never change batteries ........EVER

K..........so first you need to understand that a battery is fully charged if it reads 13 volts but a more accurate indication of state of charge is to determine if the charging current is 3 amps or less.Get a mated pair of ANDERSON connectors.Run the battery lead to a 1/4 20 stud.Then terminate the feed to your mainbreaker at this stud and the anderson .Screw the anderson down with #8 screws near the perimeter of the bot .The battery should all ways be located on the perimeter for ease of access.
Now here is the good news ....the charger suppled this year finally has some guts and will charge your bot between rounds .Prior chargers did not ........take that plastic one you got last year and mark it NOT FOR COMP use it as a doorstop..The best news i this years charger has a thingy in it that looks at charging current at or below 3 amps then the GREEN LED turns on .On the charger ...........cut the wimpy clips off and terminate the other anderson connector on the charger leads.
Before you go to an event charge a batt and dont take it off till the green led is on .Then place tape from the top to the side of the case over one of the terminals with the date when charged.
When the bot comes into the pits someone has to be charged (sorry couldnt avoid it ) with the responsibility of connecting the charger at the new anderson dicsonnect and conforming the green led on before you are ready to go back out and if not swap the battery out .............we have never had to do that. You can read my rant in electrical on the same topic GOOD LUCK Jim
 


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