Whether you own a mobility scooter or power wheelchair, most powered-mobility devices use either Sealed Lead Acid or Lithium batteries. A lot of people are asking why their batteries are not reaching the maximum travel range after getting their new mobility scooter or power wheelchair. Here are some tips on how to maintain your batteries.

When you first get your product, make sure that your batteries are charged overnight or at least 6-8 hours to get them out of that “dormant” stage they are in. When batteries sit in the warehouse for several months without being used, you typically need to give them a lengthy charge to get them to have that maximum travel range capacity that you’re expecting. Take note that you may not get the expected maximum travel range when you first try to use your brand-new scooter or power wheelchair because the batteries are most likely being retrained after being left in the warehouse for some time.

You can then expect the battery to work better the first time you use it and charge it, then even better after you use it and charge it for the second time. After about 3-4 times of using and charging the battery, you should get the full travel range that you’re expecting.

In addition to that, what we recommend next when using your mobility scooter or power wheelchair, is to keep an eye on the battery meter. The only time you should really charge the batteries is when the battery meter has around 2-3 battery meter green lights turned off. You don’t really need to keep it charged if you don’t use it and don’t leave it plugged in for several days. When the battery has around 75% charge left, you only need to charge it for around an hour or so to get it full so it’s also not a good idea to leave it charged overnight if it still has 75% batteries remaining but it is a good idea to charge it to a full charge.

 

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