parkside 20V Battery connector

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I used the Parkside 20V Team battery on my robot cleaner project. For the robot cleaner, I needed to create a buck converter that would bring the voltage down from 20v to 14.5v. To find the perfect buck converter, I visited Aliexpress and purchased one at https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32787402262.html? The result can be seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZQI_AqeNpg. Next, I mounted the battery on top of my robot cleaner. If you're planning to work on a similar project, here are some things to keep in mind: 1. Don't mount the battery behind the vacuum cleaner, as it will throw off the balance and cause errors. 2. If the voltage from your buck converter is too low, your robot cleaner might start searching for a battery-loading station. Make sure not to use that station anymore! 3. At this point in time, my buck converter gets too hot after just a few minutes, so I'll need to look into either getting one designed for more watts or finding a way to implement active cooling. I made some modifications to the original design found at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3114131. To connect everything together, I used car crimp connectors.