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Re: Battery Charging station

We built a very simple board with dedicated spaces for the batteries and their accompanying charges and put a metal handle on it. I know we are on an extremely tight budget, so the cost was minimal. It was more just to keep things organized so we would be able to easily tell what was charged and what wasn't. It hold 5 batteries and charges, I believe. I will try to take a photo at our meeting this afternoon and post if for you here.
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Re: Battery Charging station

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What we did was we get a dolly and some scrap angle iron and weld it all together and add some paint. Its really easy to move and easy to use. Sorry i didn't have a better picture, but if your going to Atlanta you can stop by our pits and get more info on it.
Now THAT it is really cool! Thanks for the great idea!!! We were thinking about modifying our cart this year and this might be the ticket!!!
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Re: Battery Charging station

The Power Hawks have a charging station we call the Juice Box see the attached photos. it holds eight battery and is mounted to a hand cart. it also has two fan out the back to keep it cool.
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Re: Battery Charging station

Here is our battery charging station. It was designed using Pro/Engineer software. It holds 8 batteries and 8 chargers. The bottom is for a power strip and hiding the wires. The two sides can be closed and locked up for transportation. They are on caster wheels.

Eight chargers is an overkill for competition but it is good to have that many chargers for practice sessions.

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Now THAT it is really cool! Thanks for the great idea!!! We were thinking about modifying our cart this year and this might be the ticket!!!
There is no need for that Don. Your cart is amazing. It definitely helped me out last year in Atlanta. We've been modeling one for our team off of yours, just with minor modifications.
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