My company and I are looking into replacing the battery pack on our Trimble 5600 series Robotic station.
The cost of 4 replacement Trimble Batteries, however, is a little expensive at around $150 per battery (part #572204270)
Now, I've seen several people using CAR/MOTORCYCLE batteries to power their Robot and have even seen that Trimble has a cable (part #73836001) they make for this use.
My problem is I can't seem to find any information on the matter, positive or negative, on the procedures used in using this sort of battery set up.
If anyone has any information on the subject I'd really appreciate it since it could save our company a lot of money in the long run.
There's a company called gpac that makes bag style batteries with quick disconnects so that you don't have to worry about getting the polarity switched. If you're the diy sort, see this [msg=117396]post[/msg] for pictures of the "handle batteries" I built for my Trimble 4000sse GPS units.
You could take the cable you mentioned, switch the alligator clips to a quick disconnect connector and finish it off with battery packs of your own design based on needed runtime vs. weight of battery pack.
