Not often does a teacher stump me, but I can’t find an answer to this question: Can EXP batteries be used with an IQ brain?
If yes, that leads to the follow up question of would they be competition legal? I can’t seem to find the part number for an exp battery and don’t have access to one to look.
Does someone have an image of which EXP batteries are being referenced? We are looking for some alternatives for practice batteries, so seeing which EXP batteries “fit” in IQ.
EXP batteries are currently only available as part of the EXP Education kit, they are the same physical size as IQ Generation 2 batteries, but have a different specification due to the higher power demands of EXP. They are a slightly different color and silk screened text is red rather than blue.
So they are slightly different internally, but the original question remains! If I took an EXP battery and put it in a second gen IQ brain, would it work?
I guess the fact that it fits would not 100% convince me that it’s a good idea to put it there. Looks like the EXP batteries have more storage, is there any difference in the voltage? Obviously it’s still a moot point until we can buy either.
The gen 2 batteries, being Li-Ion, have a flatter discharge curve, in other words, they will maintain voltage above the minimum needed for good motor performance for longer.
Both EXP and IQ generation 2 batteries have nominal voltage of 7.2V. The EXP battery can handle higher current demands of the 5.5W, EXP/V5 motors.