Charge the batteries!
If your school or community group has a portable PA system or rechargeable powered speakers PLEASE designate someone to charge up the batteries fully before you close down for the year and store the units.
The built-in lead acid batteries can be damaged (and possibly completely wrecked) by storing your PA system with flat batteries, even for a few days.
Too late?!
Batteries can easily be replaced to rejuvenate your systems if it is too late and the damage is done but it costs a couple of hundred dollars and you have all the inconvenience of getting it to us, or a service agent...so best to leave them all charged up and save yourself the expense and bother. Appoint someone Chief Battery Officer today :)
And remove any flat batteries too
And while you are there, remember to remove any flat batteries from handheld or lapel microphones so they don't leak and damage the mic.
Don't have a portable PA system?
See how easy it is to use the Challenger Portable PA System in our video tutorial below.
