Maintenance 24; 71 Maintenance Plan; 72 Batteries - Sunrise Medical Quickie Puma 20 User Manual

24 Maintenance
7 Maintenance
The wheelchair's lifespan is dependent on it
being well maintained.
For information concerning specific settings,
maintenance or repair work, please contact
your dealer. Always be sure to mention the
model, year of manufacture and identification
number provided on the identification plate of
the wheelchair when contacting your dealer.
Note!
The wheelchair should be serviced by
your dealer once a year or, in the case of
intensive use, every six months.
7.1 Maintenance plan
Task
Charge the batteries
Daily
after each use
Check the tyre
Weekly pressure and inflate
the tyres if necessary
Monthly
Clean the wheelchair
Have wheelchair
Annually
serviced by dealer
7.2 Batteries
The wheelchair uses two 12V non-spillable 'dry'
gel batteries in series. These batteries are fully
sealed and require no maintenance.
Note!
Do not use 'wet' batteries.
Take into account the fact that the
wheelchair's range is reduced at low
temperatures. During a period of light frost,
the capacity is roughly 75% of the normal
capacity. At temperatures below -5˚C this will
be roughly 50%.
Charging the batteries (
Consult the user manual for the battery charger
to determine whether it is suitable for the
batteries in use (see 9.2 Technical information).
• Switch off the wheelchair's controller.
• Plug the battery charger's charging plug into
the charging connector on the controller.
• Activate the battery charger. Consult the
user manual for the battery charger.
It is advised to mount a smoke detector in
the charging area.
Disconnect batteries in case of longer
storage without usage.
Charge the batteries if the wheelchair is not
being used for an extended period of time. The
batteries should be charged every night under
Chap.
normal use. The battery charger's display will
7.2 indicate when the batteries are fully charged.
Depending on how depleted the batteries are,
it may take up to 12 hours to fully charge the
7.3
batteries again.
Maintaining the batteries
7.4
Note!
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Ensure that the batteries are always fully
charged. Not using the batteries for an
extended period of time can damage them.
Do not use the wheelchair if the batteries
are almost depleted and never completely
deplete the batteries. This can seriously
damage the batteries and you may run the
risk of coming to an unintended standstill.
Replacing the batteries
If the capacity of the batteries is continually
decreasing so that the wheelchair can only be
used for short trips, then this means that the
batteries are reaching the end of their lifespan.
The batteries will then need to be replaced.
Please contact your dealer for assistance.
Warning!
Puma 20
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Battery charger)