Re: [QUAD-L] Took myself on an outing yesterday

[Danny Hearn]

  That is not near what you should be getting......I can drive my Invacare Arrow 6 miles one way to my church and 6 miles back and still have just under half my power used up......my old quickie p320 did just about that good also. I wonder if some Tech may have gave you a chair with older batteries in it or if there is something draining some battery power.                                                         Dan

Silas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Has your chair been setting for a long time not being used, if so you'll have to retrain the batterys.  A battery needs to be fully dead then recharged, after a few times of use your batterys should be fine. 

Silas

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From: KK

To: quad-list@eskimo.com

Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:43 AM

Subject: [QUAD-L] Took myself on an outing yesterday

My chair is a 1 year old Quantum 600 rehab with power recline & manual foot rest.  I charged it for 10 hours.  The battery's  the original.

All this to say - I went to the grocery store, 2 blocks away, then over to the park.  Came back the long way.  A total of 2 miles.  I used ALL the green lights on the charger bar.  I have never been able to go far with this new chair.  The book says I should get 20 miles off a charge. 

Will new batteries get me better mileage?  I am starting to feel good enough to be outside.

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