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Re: Competition Super Dongle
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Originally Posted by Andy A.
Right now, if you want to use the robot away from an outlet, you need to use a bunch of 9 volt batteries and a radio shack barrel connector. It works, but it seems like a really ugly and inefficient solution. And you use lots of 9v batteries and those buggers are expensive!
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Why not get a power inverter that plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and has a standard AC outlet. Replace lighter end with the anderson connector used for batteries. Then you can hook it up one of your extra batteries.
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