Shoprider UL8W36 manual Batteries & Battery Charging

Batteries & Battery Charging

Batteries

The Shoprider Trooper Powerchair is designed to operate on two 12 volt/36Ah 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. 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.

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 10). 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*

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 “charging space” within the batteries will be permanently lost (memory loss). 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!

Figure 10

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