[IndySam]

A battery captain is a must. Only that person touches the batteries including the backup batteries. It's a great job for a dependable rookie.

We use a six battery rotation. Our battery box is bolted to a hand truck and contains the batteries and chargers.

A few tips.

#1 Don't neglect your backup batteries, I have seen a team pulled off the field before a match because their BB was dead.

#2 Make a pigtail to connect you BB to the controller. The connections on the controller are week and will break if you use them to change the BB.

#3 Tightly secure your batteries to the robot. Every regional has their share of main batteries come loose and kill a robot.

#4 NEVER handle the main batteries by the connecting wires. It will weaken the wire at the connection and it will fail.