running bot off car battery?

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11-05-2003, 10:30

Jared Russell Jared Russell is offline

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You could use multiple FIRST batteries at once...power each drill motor off of a separate battery. Would be safer than a car battery, although it still depends how far you will be driving.

If you use the 120mm muffin fans on your drill motors, they shouldn't get too hot. The speed controllers, on the other hand, might fry. Try to mount another fan in there.

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