We have a quickie wheelchair that has been in storage for some time. We live in alaska. The battery obviously needs to be charged. It appears to be a good battery. How long should we expect to need to charge it? How do we know if it is taking a charge?

Hi
this is usually what occurs when the batteries are failing, much like a car battery as they age they charge fine but the amount of stored power is gradually reduced till eventually it will no longer start the car

hi.

the link below is for the owners manual for the quickie aspire power wheelchair, free download in pdf format.
http://www.wheelchair-review.co.uk/wheelchair-files/wheelchair-manuals/sunrise-medical-wheelchairs/quickie-aspire-power-wheelchair.pdf
the "cane crutch holder" is an acessory part that you can get, fitted to the back of the seat, to hold a crutch or cane. it does not affect the chair itself at all.
there are two most likely reasons for your problem, neither of which actually involve the arm and controller.
1. if the battery light is flashing 9 times when you try to move, then you need to check the motor locks are engaged properly. see page 27 of the manual for photos and location. these are also known as "freewheel levers" and allow you to disconnect the motors to push the chair manually. if the levers are engaged properly, it is quite possible that the switch, or switch wires have broken and the chair thinks that they are off. these are very cheap and easy to replace and are located where the lever connects inside the chair.

2. if the battery light comes on and stays on, then you may need to have the batteries checked. if the batteries have not been charged for a while then sulphur may have built up on the lead plates inside the battery. this can mean that the batteries will show fully charged, but as soon as you try to draw power, they cannot function due to the sulphur, and instantly show as flat.
any auto shop should be able to perform a battery load test for you to test this. a 100amp load test for about 6 seconds will test the battery performance and let you know if they need replacing. most places will do this test for free but the batteries need to be fully charged first.

hopefully, one of these solutions will work as these are the most common fault for the symptoms you are describing. you should find the manual quite useful as well.

please feel free to ask if you need more information.

hope this helps

The chair is either in freewheel or the number of flashes will indicate an error code to tell what the problem is. Look in your users manual for error codes or contact Sunrise Medical Tech support

If it is just one red light blinking, then your batteries are below the level necessary to power the chair. Charge and see if they come back up, or replace if they won't.

Make sure the chair is not in freewheel mode. Also just because the batteries read fully charged does not mean that they are "good" batteries. Have them load tested. As far as the reset button, the normal positon is pushed in.

Rapid discharge usually is a sign of weak batteries, and they should be replaced if the charge indicates that they are full after charging for several hours, and then dissipate rapidly.

If your not getting a full charge indication after several hours, then you need to check the charger to make sure it is putting out about 28 Volts DC. If it is, then it is for sure the batt's.

The sweeping lights should not occur when the chair is off the charger. They sweep while on charge to tell you that it is charging and you can't move the chair. If they sweep while off the charger, turn off and restart and it should go. If not, call a tech. rep. for Quickie.

3 months is too long for gel batteries to sit off-charge, without being fully charged first, then disconnected before storage.

Your charger is trying to charge, but the batteries aren't cooperating. This chair accepts either the Group 22 or Group 24 gel-sealed batteries. 22 are about 50 amphour, and 24 are about 74 amphour, and will give you greater range. Cost for a set of two of either is going to be about $350 and $450 respectively. Ouch!

most chargers have an external or internal fuse, try replacing.

Try calling Sunrise @(303) 218-4500
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