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Re: Dump Backup Battery
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Gene,
I would have challenged that ruling. The training was pretty clear that any 7.2 volt battery was OK. The 7.2 volt battery insures that the RC proccessors stay active during 12 volt brownouts. The battery also feeds the radio modem and any servoes connected to the RC.
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One other device that gets it's power from the "backup battery" that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is the CMUcam2. With the extra focus being placed on this device in CD right now, it would be good to remember that as well. I don't know for certain that we will be using this camera this year, but my guess is we will.
As far as using the 12v battery to drive a 7.2v supply as a means of eliminating the backup battery, forget about it. The only way to do this and still get 7.2v out of it even when the main battery drops below 7.2v would require a circuit with weight and size that exceeds that of the backup battery it's self.
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