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II. SAFETY
Weight Limitations
Your power chair is rated for a maximum weight capacity. Please refer to the specifications table for this limit.
WARNING! Exceeding the eight capacity voids your arranty and may result in personal injury
and/or damage to your po er chair. Pride ill not be held responsible for injuries and/or property
damage resulting from failure to observe eight limitations.
WARNING! Do not carry passengers on your po er chair. Carrying passengers on your po er
chair may result in personal injury and/or property damage.
Tire Inflation
If your power chair is equipped with pneumatic tires, you should check or have the air pressure checked regularly. Proper
inflation pressures will prolong the life of your tires and help ensure the smooth operation of your power chair.
WARNING! It is important that 35 psi (2.4 bar) tire pressure be maintained in pneumatic tires at all
times. Do not underinflate or overinflate your tires. Lo pressure may result in loss of control, and
overinflated tires may burst. Failure to maintain 35 psi (2.4 bar) tire pressure in pneumatic tires at
all times may result in tire and/or heel failure, causing serious personal injury and/or damage to
your po er chair.
WARNING! Inflate your po er chair drive tires from a regulated air source ith an available pressure
gauge. Inflating your tires from an unregulated air source could overinflate them, resulting in a
burst tire and/or personal injury.
Incline Information
More and more buildings have ramps with specified degrees of inclination, designed for easy and safe access. Some ramps
may have turning switchbacks (180-degree turns) that require you to have good cornering skills on your power chair.
nProceed with extreme caution as you approach the downgrade of a ramp or other incline.
nTake wide swings with your power chairs front wheels around any tight corners. If you do that, the power chairs rear
wheels will follow a wide arc, not cut the corner short, and not bump into or get hung up on any railing corners.
nhen driving down a ramp, keep the power chairs speed adjustment set to the slowest speed setting to ensure a
safely controlled descent. See VII. Operation.
nAvoid sudden stops and starts.
hen climbing an incline, try to keep your power chair moving. If you must stop, start up again slowly and then accelerate
cautiously. hen driving down an incline, set your power chair to the slowest setting and drive in the forward direction
only. If your power chair starts to move down the incline faster than you anticipated or desired, allow it to come to a
complete stop by releasing the joystick, then push the joystick forward slightly to ensure a safely controlled descent.
WARNING! When climbing an incline, do not zigzag or drive at an angle up the face of the incline.
Drive your po er chair straight up the incline. This greatly reduces the possibility of a tip or a fall.
Al ays exercise extreme caution hen negotiating an incline.
WARNING! You should not travel up or do n a potentially hazardous incline (i.e., areas covered
ith sno , ice, cut grass, or et leaves).
WARNING! When on any sort of an incline or decline, never place the po er chair in free heel
mode hile seated on it or standing next to it. Doing so may result in personal injury and/or
damage to your po er chair.
WARNING! Never travel do n an incline back ards. This may result in personal injury.
