12
HANDLING OF THE
ELECTRIC TRAVELLING
WHEELCHAIR
Securing the electric travelling
wheelchair
The electric travelling wheelchair is to be se-
cured as follows to prevent it from rolling off
unintentionally:
1. Slide the selection lever for drive-/push
mode toward the back into drive mode.
2. Switch off the operating module.
Functional checks
The functions and safety of the electric trav-
elling wheelchair must be checked before
the start of each journey.
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Therefore observe chapter
Driving
You define the speed and direction yourself
with the joystick movements (driving and
steering lever) while driving as well as the
preadjusted maximum final speed of your
electric travelling wheelchair.
BRAKES
Decelerate your electric travelling wheel-
chair carefully and in good time. This is es-
pecially the case when driving in front of
people and while driving downhill!
Service brake
The motors work electrically as operating
brake and carefully decelerate the electric
travelling wheelchair without jerks to still-
stand.
Decelerating the electric travelling
wheelchair
For allotted braking of the electric travelling
wheelchair slowly guide the joystick (steer-
ing and driving lever) back to the centre po-
sition (zero-setting).
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The electric travelling wheelchair stops
in shortest distance after releasing the
joysticks.
Braking distance
In delivery condition the braking distance
is according to the maximum values of EN
12184:
–
1.0 m with 6 km/h.
The braking distance may get longer de-
pending on the road conditions or the con-
dition of the tyres.
Parking brake
The parking brakes are only effective when
the selection lever drive-/push mode is set
to drive mode. They disengage automatical-
ly when the wheelchair starts off.
The parking brakes are manually disen-
gaged by switching the selection lever
drive-/push mode to push mode.
