Yellow Box Battery Exchange Schedule

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1	*OBSOLETE* Yellow Box Battery Exchange Schedule (rev. 2015 Mar 17)
2	Even though Yellow Box batteries are unused for long periods of time, the batteries inherently self-discharge at a slow rate. This means UNUSED batteries need to be recharged every 3 to 6 months. Currently, someone at each command post has to plug in their Yellow Box overnight to recharge the battery. Most caches do not have electricity so the Yellow Box has to be removed, recharged, then returned to the cache during which time the cache is WITHOUT a radio! The following schedule is a battery exchange plan which allows re-charged spare batteries to be exchanged for depleted batteries from CERT caches every four months with a single visit to the cache each time. WARNING: if you USE your Yellow Box and the battery voltage drops to 12.4V or below, you need to have your battery exchanged (or recharged) as soon as you can! PROCEDURE - exchange battery every 4 months as per the schedule OR sooner if Yellow Box usage depletes the battery to 12.4Volts (use Yellow Box volt meter or radio function 11 DC VOLT) 1. The responsible person for a CERT area due for a battery refresh picks up a freshly charged battery (Buena vista has two radios) at a SHAMS meeting or whenever it is possible to make a rendezvous. 2. Takes freshly charged battery to their cache, replaces the existing battery with it, and takes the old battery home with them. ......WARNING: do NOT connect the battery harness to the Yellow Box wires after swapping old battery and freshly charged battery!!! ......................Otherwise, if the power switch is accidentally switched on, the battery completely discharges in 14 days requiring immediate recharging or risk being ruined!!! 3. Returns the old battery to the next SHAMS meeting or somehow gets it back for recharging before the battery is needed for someone else. 4. The SHAMS host, or designated charging person, keeps spare batteries at home connected to a maintenance charger getting ready for the next exchange. In addition, a load test is done to determine the health of the battery. NOTE1: The regular exchanges address the self-discharge issue that affects batteries sitting UNUSED. However, if you USE your Yellow Box radio, you must check the voltage after use. If it is below 12.4V, alert by email the battery exchange person, then exchange the battery at the next SHAMS meeting! NOTE2: While using the Yellow Box, connect it to 110VAC if you can, which simultaneously powers the radio and charges the battery. If you recharge the battery yourself, CONNECT THE YELLOW BOX TO 110VAC OVERNIGHT TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY! Always check the voltage after use: 12.4V or below, exchange the battery!
3	2015 Exchange Schedule
4	Enter 'b#' or 'x' for Start... value			Feb-15		Mar-15		Apr-15		May-15		Jun-15		Jul-15		Aug-15		Sep-15		Oct-15		Nov-15		Dec-15
5		1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue
6	CERT Area			Start...	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache
7	Civic Park			b1	b9	b1	b9	b9	b9	b9	b13	b9	b13	b13	b13	b13	b13	b13	b5	b13	b5	b5	b5	b5	b5
8	Lar Rieu			b2	b10	b2	b10	b10	b10	b10	b6	b10	b6	b6	b6	b6	b6	b6	b2	b6	b2	b2	b2	b2	b2
9	Sugarloaf			b3	b11	b3	b11	b11	b11	b11	b7	b11	b7	b7	b7	b7	b7	b7	b3	b7	b3	b3	b3	b3	b3
10	Tice Valley			b4	b12	b4	b12	b12	b12	b12	b8	b12	b8	b8	b8	b8	b8	b8	b4	b8	b4	b4	b4	b4	b4
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12	CERT Area			Start...	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache
13	Buena Vista			b5	b5	b5	b1	b5	b1	b1	b1	b1	b9	b1	b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b13	b9	b13	b13	b13
14	Buena Vista 2			b6	b6	b6	b2	b6	b2	b2	b2	b2	b10	b2	b10	b10	b10	b10	b10	b10	b6	b10	b6	b6	b6
15	Heather Farm			b7	b7	b7	b3	b7	b3	b3	b3	b3	b11	b3	b11	b11	b11	b11	b11	b11	b7	b11	b7	b7	b7
16	Northgate			b8	b8	b8	b4	b8	b4	b4	b4	b4	b12	b4	b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b8	b12	b8	b8	b8
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18	Other			Start...	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache
19	Fixed Yellow Box							b13	b5	b13	b5	b5	b5	b5	b1	b5	b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b9	b1	b9
20				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
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24	Special			Start...		cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache
25	Elks' Club 12v			x	x	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b15,18aH	b14,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b14,18aH	b15,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b15,18aH	b14,18aH	b15,18aH
26	Elks' Club 12v 7aH			x	x	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b17,7aH	b16,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b16,7aH	b17,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b17,7aH	b16,7aH	b17,7aH
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28	Spare Batteries			charge		charge		charge	charge	charge		charge		charge		charge	charge	charge		charge		charge		charge	charge
29	SHAMS spare			b9	x	b1	x	b5	x	b13	x	b9	x	b1	x	b5	b5	b5	x	b13	x	b9	x	b1	b1
30	SHAMS spare			b10	x	b2	x	b6	b6	b6	x	b10	x	b2	b2	b2	b2	b2	x	b6	x	b10	b10	b10	b10
31	SHAMS spare			b11	x	b3	x	b7	b7	b7	x	b11	x	b3	b3	b3	b3	b3	x	b7	x	b11	b11	b11	b11
32	SHAMS spare			b12	x	b4	x	b8	b8	b8	x	b12	x	b4	b4	b4	b4	b4	x	b8	x	b12	b12	b12	b12
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34	Spare Special Batteries			charge	charge	charge	charge	charge		charge	charge	charge	charge	charge		charge	charge	charge	charge	charge	charge	charge		charge	charge
35	Salvaged 12v 18aH			b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	x	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	b14,18aH	x	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	b15,18aH	x	b14,18aH	b14,18aH
36	Salvaged 12v 7aH			b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	x	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	b16,7aH	x	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	b17,7aH	x	b16,7aH	b16,7aH
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38	Recharge an UNUSED battery every 3-6 months - don't drop below 50% charge (12V). We'll charge every 4.5 months.															Bought batteries b9,b10,b11, & b12 on Feb 3, 2015 at Batteries Plus Bulbs $49.95
39	As Rossmoor maintains their own radio and battery, they are NOT part of the swap program.															Bought batteries b9,b10,b11, & b12 on Feb 3, 2015 at Batteries Plus Bulbs $49.95
40																Bought battery b13 on Mar ?, 2015 at Batteries Plus Bulbs $49.95
41																b14, b15, b16, & b17 were salvaged from Co. Corp. Yard 2013-2014
42	2016 and beyond Exchange Schedule
43	Enter 'b#' or 'x' for Start...	Jan-16		Feb-16		Mar-16		Apr-16		May-16		Jun-16		Jul-16		Aug-16		Sep-16		Oct-16		Nov-16		Dec-16
44	Enter 'b#' or 'x' for Start...	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue	1st Tue	3rd Tue
45	CERT Area	Start...	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pick up	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache
46	Civic Park		b1		b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b13	b1	b13	b13	b13	b13	b13	b13	b5	b13	b5	b5	b5	b5	b5
47	Lar Rieu		b2		b2	b2	b2	b2	b2	b2	b6	b2	b6	b6	b6	b6	b6	b6		b6
48	Sugarloaf		b9		b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b14	b9	b14	b14	b14	b14	b14	b14	b7	b14	b7	b7	b7	b7	b7
49	Tice Valley		b12		b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b8	b12	b8	b8	b8	b8	b8	b8		b8
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51	CERT Area	Start...	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache
52	Buena Vista	b5	b5	b5		b5							b1		b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b1	b13	b1	b13	b13	b13
53	Buena Vista 2	b6	b6	b6		b6							b2		b2	b2	b2	b2	b2	b2	b6	b2	b6	b6	b6
54	Heather Farm	b7	b7	b7		b7							b9		b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b9	b14	b9	b14	b14	b14
55	Northgate	b8	b8	b8		b8							b12		b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b12	b8	b12	b8	b8	b8
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57	Variable List	Start...	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	cache	pickup	return	cache
58	Elks' Club	b13	b13	b13	b13	b13	b5	b13	b5	b5	b5	b5	b5	b5		b5							b1		b1
59	XXX	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
60	YYY	b14	b14	b14	b14	b14	b7	b14	b7	b7	b7	b7	b7	b7		b7							b9		b9
61	ZZZ	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
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63	Spare Batteries	charge		charge		charge	charge	charge	charge	charge		charge		charge		charge	charge	charge		charge		charge		charge	charge
64	SHAMS spare	b9	b9		x	b5	x	b13	b13	b13	x	b1	x		x	b5	b5	b5	x	b13	x	b1	x
65	SHAMS spare	b10	b10		x	b6	b6	b6	b6	b6	x	b2	x						x	b6	x	b2	b2	b2	b2
66	SHAMS spare	b11	b11		x	b7	x	b14	b14	b14	x	b9	x		x	b7	b7	b7	x	b14	x	b9	x
67	SHAMS spare	b12	x		x	b8	b8	b8	b8	b8	x	b12	x						x	b8	x	b12	b12	b12	b12