Originally Posted by cockney steve
I'd call it dereliction of duty, professional malpractice and negligence if MY design-team had integrated a novel charger and battery-system without making sure that proven substitutes could be readily slotted in place.
Any other insights into design you'd like to share with us?
Which other systems should have "proven substitutes"?
All of them?
Hindsight allows a wonderful degree of accuracy, foresight is a bit trickier...