I think my power wheelchair has a bad battery, how can I tell?

[Anonymous]

I have a power chair and the battery is not holding it’s charge for long anymore. I don’t know if its the battery or the charger.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like its your battery that is bad. To test I usually tell people to do the follwoing. Fully chrage the battery, then take it for a spin. If you notice sudden drops in your battery indicator then you know the battery has a dead cell and needs to be replaced. If the battery doesn’t charge then it could be the fuse near the charging port that is blown, therefore the batteries aren’t receiving the charge. Last but not least, your charger could be bad, to check that you would need a multi meter to measuer the DC voltage with the charger on (you should get about 26 – 29 volts).

[Carrie C]

My dad will charge his battery up and will show that it is fully charged. He will start riding and the battery still shows full but the wheel chair will start loosing power.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know problem is in battery or in charger but you can try Weize 12V 35AH Deep Cycle Battery.

[Anonymous]

My battery gets heated up after charging for some time is it normal? Or it has any problem/fault in it?