Shoprider SMARTIE UL8W, JIFFY UL7WR manual Batteries & Battery Charging, Batteries Jiffy/Jiffy11

Batteries & Battery Charging

Batteries

Jiffy/Jiffy11

The Shoprider Jiffy and Jiffy11 Powerchairs are designed to operate on two 12 volt/12Ah sealed lead acid (AGM or gel-cell type) aka SLA maintenance free batteries. For easy handling, the SLA batteries are contained within a battery-pack (Jiffy and Jiffy11 only). The life of the batteries may be affected by temperature, terrain, weight of user, driving methods, and care of batteries. The battery gauge (Refer to Figure 3) is a guide on the remaining charge of the batteries. Always turn Jiffy/Jiffy11 battery pack off after use or battery life will be reduced significantly and permanent battery damage may result voiding battery warranty.

The active user will need to charge the batteries after using approximately 30% of battery capacity. As an inactive user, only using from once a week to every other day, the recharge point would be at 50% of discharge (Refer to Figure 9). For extended battery life, it is highly recommended that these guidelines be followed. You cannot over charge the batteries.

*Keeping the batteries charged extends the life of the batteries* *Turn battery pack off after use at battery pack switch*

SLA batteries should be kept fully charged at all times. They must not be left in a discharged state if the unit is not being used for some time or the batteries will be permanently damaged and will no longer hold a charge. The SLA batteries should be checked once a month and kept charged as needed. Typically SLA batteries have up to about 400 charging cycles.

	Red Bottom				Amber Middle		Green Top
		3 Bars			4 Bars		3 Bars
Flashing. Danger, you must					From 30%	- 50%	Full battery charge.
stop	and		recharge	the
					discharge.	Batteries
batteries. Failure to do so
					will
may	result		in damage of
					need charging.
batteries.
		NEVER DISCHARGE BATTERIES TO RED BARS OF INDICATOR!
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