Werker Batteries?

FIRST General Forum
1

Hi my FRC team was wondering if we were allowed to put a werker battery on the robot. Any help would be greatly appreciated

2

The only batteries that can be used are the ones that have their part numbers listed in the manual; specifically, rule R31.

3

Yes you can put certain ones on. Batteries allowed are as stated in R31:

R31
The only legal source of electrical energy for the ROBOT during the competition, the ROBOT battery, is one of the following approved 12VDC non-spillable lead acid batteries:

Enersys (P/N: NP18-12)
MK Battery (P/N: ES17-12)
Battery Mart (P/N: SLA-12V18)
Sigma (P/N: SP12-18)
Universal Battery (P/N: UB12180)
Power Patrol (P/N: SLA1116)
Werker Battery (P/N: WKA12-18NB)
Power Sonic (P/N: PS-12180 NB)
Yuasa (P/N: NP18-12B)
Panasonic (P/N: LC-RD-1217)
Interstate Batteries (P/N: BSL1116)
Enersys (P/N: NP18-12BFR)
Enersys (P/N: NP18-12B)

Exception: Batteries integral to and part of a COTS computing device or self-contained camera are also permitted (e.g. laptop batteries), provided they’re only used to power the COTS computing device and any peripheral COTS USB input devices connected to the COTS computing device and they must be securely fastened to the ROBOT.