Hi Recently got a Salsa M2 Powerchair from wheelchair services. Had it roughly a month, and am again very frustrated with Sunrise because apart from being a very experienced powerchair user having had about 14 of all shapes and sizes spanning 40 years or so, the second editions of the Salsa chairs do not seem to be of the same quality as their original counterparts.
l had numerous problems with the steering and wiring issues causing cutouts on the Salsa R2 which l returned to the wheelchair clinic. Thus now have been issued as i said above, the Salsa M2,which while the concept of the mid wheel drive and turning on its own axis is something l like my real gripe as with the R2 is loss of power and speed. It first went well, but after a couple of weeks has slowed down even though on the same speed!
I am so frustrated, has anybody else had similar issues with Sunrise chairs or any other chairs for that matter? Or is just me?? As a footnote l had the original Salsa R for five long happy years which l loved and had very few issues with, that is apart from it "died" in the middle of a main road! Any feedback would be very welcome. Thanks
in a nutshell apart from other contributory factors what you are saying is try to discharge the batteries as much as possible before recharging them which l know is recommended,but extremely difficult when you live in a one bedroomed flat and the extreme chills of winter are blowing outside! The only solution to this that l can think of is to discharge the batteries over several days and recharge it when needed?
jumping jax wrote:Also apologies for any ignorance but aren't lead and gel batteries different? I was under the impression they were and that a majority of chairs had them fitted nowadays? l say this because i remember in my younger days at school 70's era the batteries had to be regularly topped up with distilled water and if not they ran "dry" Again sorry for my extreme ignorance!!!!
I read in a boating/marine forum when looking at AGM (Absorbent Glass Matting) batteries that a Gel battery should never be discharged beyond 55% of it's total amperage and an AGM should never be discharged more than 50% - making the gel batteries better
I think luck plays a small part in battery care, my cheap AGM batteries on the Marbella, which I recently changed for more cheap AGM batteries had lasted more than 720 cycles.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests