Useful Idea for Champs?

[TehSwegGey]

Originally Posted by Clayton Summerall

Why not buy a dozen batteries? I've been in the program for 6 years and never needed to charge a battery on the go.

Let me try to clear things up. My ideal circumstance for this would be to have a powerstrip or extension cable attached to the battery, mounted in the cart. On the other side of the strip would be the battery charger with the batteries plugged in, and possibly the laptop charger (we try to not plug our computer in during the match to keep setup and takedown simple with our complex to set up camera pole) on the other side. That way, the batteries would always be on you and charging, and when you have an extended time in the pit, you could switch power from the battery to the pit's plug. That way, you aren't wearing down your robot batteries while using AC, and so that your robot batteries are always on you when you need them, in case of a quick match turnaround.

I thought this would be a cool idea, espeically since there are other uses for it (maybe charging strategy tablets with it's included USBs) but idk. If you can get away with an inverter that drains your robot batteries instead of charging them, that works.