Batteries

how many have you bought and what sort that sounds mega money for 2x 7.2v packs!!!!

i got 4 7.2v packs and a 12v pack and a some other rechargeable batts.

Hello fellow roboteers. Its kinda frustrating having to take Anxious appart every time i need to charge the batteries. it has 2 X 7.2V batts inside giving me 14.4v. could i put a little window in the top or bottom of the robot for a charging point? So i dont have to disconnect the batteries and so i can charge them together while there still pluged into the bot. If i can how should i do it? i dont wanna damage anything.
Cheers

Hey Tom,
Came across this picture somewhere a couple of years back:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c367/ayrshirerobotics/Random/charging.gifhttp://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...m/charging.gif

Just take a couple of connections off the main battery wires and fit a charging plug as shown. Then you can just add a little window or hinge door to access it

Hope thats of help

cheers. will save me alot of trouble at events doing it like this.

Really good idea to have a charging port, you can just unplug and go 30 secs b4 a fight without having to have a couple of minutes to put armour back on.

more than a couple of mins with anxious. cos its so compact and a strange shape motormounts and baseplate bolts need undoing. 20+ screws to take out and put back in. stupid robot... or stupid designer? yeah its my fault for making it that way.

- id advise you make sure you take the link out while charging though!

:lol:

Job done. well in 1 of the robots. now for the other 2 that need it doing. just hope they charge ok charging the 7.2v batts paired up. ill de-charge them and fully charge them seperately first hopefully they will have equal charge then.
Cheers.