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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Looking for chair electrical usage figures
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Date: 16 Nov 90 15:19:37 GMT
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 MS> From: ems@Apple.COM (Mike Smith)
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 MS> Index Number: 11610
 MS> A friend is in a chair, and about once a year or so finds herself
 MS> sitting somewhere with a run down battery.  My thought is to find 
 MS> a way to put a small 'emergency power' pack together such that 
 MS> she could throw a switch and have a few more minutes of power ...
     
        The E&J power chair has a warning light when the power is 
getting low.  Maybe instead of a reserve she needs a similar warning 
system.  Sorta like a gas gauge on a car.

        My chair's batteries tend to wear out about every 18 
months and need replacing even though they are rechargerable.  
Except for that, a nightly recharge will sustain me through a 
normal work day and an evening of activity around home.

        Hope this helps.
                                -=joe=-

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