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Environment Conditions
The Glide Rehabilitation Products Power Chair has been designed and tested with user safety,
as its prime consideration.
The “Active Posi Trak” (APT) Suspension System has been designed to automatically adjust
to uneven surfaces and changes in height, allowing all six wheels to stay in contact with the
ground under most conditions. This feature provides improved stability and increased traction
on drive wheels in demanding situations.
Even though the “Active Posi Trak” System improves manoeuvrability and stability, this does
not negate the effect or take into account, circumstances, which put the wheelchair outside
the specified operating conditions for which it was designed and tested.
It is important that the user takes due care and understands the limitations within the environ-
ment that the chair will be operated.
As a guide only, the following is a brief list of scenarios that could affect the stability of the
chair and need to be considered when driving chair:
• Always turn the controller off when parked. Even it is only for a short time
as this will prevent accidental movement of chair or release of park brakes.
• The Wheelchair must remain in the Engaged Drive Mode at all times
unless manually manoeuvring the wheelchair.
• Traction could be lost on inclined or decline if wet, oily or grassy surfaces.
Take extra care and drive slowly on these surfaces.
• Extreme Tilting and reclining must be done on level ground ONLY.
• Chairs fitted with Tilt and Recline features should NOT be driven with these
features in a extreme Tilt or Reclined position. Driving in a Tilted or Reclined
position can affect stability and your vision.
• Never drive your chair on a wet, oily or icy covered ramp or slope
• Stop if one or both drive wheels loses traction
• Never traverse railway lines without someone in attendance
• Wheelchair should not be driven in heavy rain.
• Never use your chair in a shower, swimming pool, sauna, ocean or lake.
• If your environment has many steep obstacles, always have someone in
attendance to assist you.
Avoid driving your wheelchair in sand or over rough surfaces.
• Apart from getting stuck you may also cause damage to wheels,
bearings, gearboxes and motors.
• Maximum safe slope – facing up slope 15 degrees
• Maximum safe slope – facing down slope 15 degrees
• Curb climbing should not exceed 80mm when level. Do not climb if already on slope.
• Curb descending should not be more than 100mm when level.
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