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Huh interesting! Even though I am a power wheelchair user, I have never thought about this! That is why sharing info is so important.
It would be great to have these in restaurants as well.
https://www.wdam.com/2019/09/27/hattiesburg-adds-public-wheelchair-charging-stations/
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Hattiesburg adds public wheelchair charging stations
Hattiesburg unveiled a public wheelchair charging station Thursday.
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Interesting Idea, couldn’t hurt to have them. For myself, my chair usually lasts a week+ on a charge, however I do carry a compact charger in a backpack with me everywhere just in case, just need an outlet. I have only used it once at a friends house when I forgot to check my level, I try to make sure I’m charged up prior to any long trips otherwise.
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What kind of chair do you drive? I’d be interested in a compact charger
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Permobil Corpus F3
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Can you send an image?
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I don’t have a good picture of my chair at the moment, but here’s a link to the manufacturers website for it (I only have tilt and mine is blue!): http://www.permobil.com/en-GB/English/C/Products/F3-Corpus/
As for the compact charger, It’s a Quickie brand BATC5 model battery charger, I got it with my last chair but was told by my wheelchair tech that it would work with this chair too (I believe it was sold as a universal charger). I’m having trouble finding any official information on it, so it may be a model not sold directly to the public or perhaps discontinued for cheaper alternatives, there seems to be many other small chargers in the market now. In any case, I must recommend consulting a Wheelchair Technician or, probably best, your wheelchair manufacturer and inquire about compatibility prior to buying any such charger (I definitely can’t tell you what is a compatible unit, and having a healthy respect for anything using electricity I leave such things to the professionals).-
Always a good idea to leave it to the pros – have fried battery chargers before on the advice of non pros before 🙁
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