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Originally Posted by Qbranch
The beauty of embedded processing... it takes less than a second to boot up a FRC controller... i'm assuming thats what you're using...
Plus, I doubt the cart uses much energy on 'stand by' (not moving) so you could probably leave it on all the time, just put a quick disconnect on it so you can just hook it to your charger whenever its in your pit.
If you're handy with a lathe and/or a vertical mill, you could make a nifty magnetic power connector (like on a mac, but bigger) pretty easily out of some brass and HDPE (or delrin or any insulative, rigid plastic of your choice). Always wanted to make one of these... but never had an application for it yet.
-q
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The cart is actually capable of being hooked up to shore power and when it's, let's say, in the pit....the inverter is turned off and shore power is connected.
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09-10-2007, 13:37
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