Pre-charging pneumatic air tank

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Many of the same statements are said of the 12 volt battery. i.e.How bad can it get, it's only 12 volts? 12 volts won't kill you! A small battery can't possibly be an issue, it's not like a car battery?!?! The truth is what you don't know can hurt you in both of these cases.

I didn't get a chance to tell Al this at CIR, but it's worth adding to this thread. Al told his inspectors about the possibility of the FRC batteries having enough current to weld a tool to the terminals. I didn't doubt him in the slightest -- I suspect Al's personally seen about 95% of the problems that have happened to a FRC robot -- so I filed that info away for future use. One of the teams I inspected had several batteries that needed to have insulation added to the terminals. I told them about the possibility of the weld & they said "we know; we've done that."