SECTION 21—M71 BATTERIES
Part No 1125031
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Disconnecting Battery Cables
WARNING
The use of rubber gloves is recommended when working with batteries.
NEVER allow any of your tools and/or battery cables to contact BOTH battery ter-
minals at the same time. An electrical short may occur and serious personal injury
or damage may occur.
1. Tilt the seat back. Refer to Tilting the Seat Assembly on page 81.
2. Disconnect the front battery from the controller (BLACK connector on the standard
M71 OR RED connector on M71 Formula PTO Plus).
3. Disconnect the rear battery from the front battery (GREY connector).
4. Lift the rear battery out of the base frame.
5. Slide front battery rearward and lift out of base frame.
6. Cut the tie-wrap that secures the battery terminal cap in place. See Detail “B” in
7. Slide terminal cap(s) up on the battery cables.
8. Disconnect POSITIVE (+) RED battery cable from the POSITIVE (+) battery terminal
9. Disconnect NEGATIVE (-) BLACK battery cable from NEGATIVE (-) battery terminal
10. If equipped with battery lifting straps, separate the hook and loop fastening strips and
remove the straps from the batteries.
Charging Batteries
WARNING
Never attempt to recharge the batteries by attaching cables directly to the battery
terminals.
DO NOT attempt to recharge the batteries and operate the wheelchair at the same
time.
DO NOT attempt to recharge the batteries when the wheelchair has been exposed
to ANY type of moisture.
DO NOT attempt to recharge the batteries when the wheelchair is outside.
DO NOT sit in the wheelchair while recharging the batteries.
DO NOT attempt to recharge the batteries using both the on-board battery char-
ger and an independent battery charger (plugged into the joystick charger port) at
the same time. Doing so will reduce the life of the batteries.