<R13>

Electrical power comes from VEX batteries only. Robots may use one (1) V5 Robot Battery (276-4811) to power the V5 Robot Brain.
• No other sources of electrical power are permitted, unless used as part of a non-functional decoration per <R24e>.
• There are no legal power expanders for the V5 Robot Battery.
• V5 Robot Batteries may only be charged by a V5 Robot Battery Charger (276-4812 or 276-4841).
• V5 Controllers (276-4820) may only be powered by their internal rechargeable battery. Teams are permitted to have an external power source (such as a rechargeable battery pack) plugged into their V5 Controller during a Match, provided that this power source is connected safely and does not violate any other rules, such as <R28>. Some events may choose to provide Field power for V5 Controllers. If this is provided for all Teams at the event, then this is a legal power source for the V5 Controllers. This rule is applied differently for VEX U. See Rule <VUR12>.

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