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HANDLING THE ELECTRIC
WHEELCHAIR
Securing the electric wheelchair
The electric wheelchair is to be secured as
follows to prevent it from rolling off unin-
tentionally:
1. Switch the selection lever for drive-/
push mode up to drive mode on both
sides.
2. Switch off the operating module.
Functional checks
The functions and safety of the electric
wheelchair must be checked before the
start of each journey.
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Therefore observe chapter
Driving
Speed and driving direction is determined
by the movement of the driving lever and
handle bar as well as the selected speed
setting of your electric wheelchair.
BRAKES
Brake the vehicle down carefully and in
time. This is especially the case when driv-
ing in front of people and while driving
downhill!
Service brake
The motors work electrically as operating
brake and carefully brake the electric wheel-
chair down without jerks to stillstand.
Braking down the wheelchair
For allotted braking of the electric wheel-
chair slowly guide the driving lever back to
the centre position (zero-setting).
Emergency braking
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The electric wheelchair stops in short-
est distance after releasing the driving
lever.
Parking brake
The parking brakes are only effective when
the selection lever drive-/push mode is set
to drive mode on both drives.
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The parking brake disengages auto-
matically when you start to drive.
The parking brakes are manually disen-
gaged by switching the selection lever
drive-/push mode on both drives to push
mode.
