abbas child
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- Joined
- Feb 29, 2008
- Messages
- 2,168
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 07/2007
- Country
- US
- State
- Maryland
- City
- Eastern Shore
Last week my power chair stopped, with a "drive lock out" briefly stated on the window of the joy stick. I was able to move just a few feet, then it returned, and this happened several times. Then, the chair totally quit, and a repair tech, Bob, came to check it out. Now am waiting for a new joystick and am using one that was broken but patched together, with a "two week wait" for the return of a new one and the repair finished. Well, the loaner has done the "drive lock out" twice now, both times (all three counting the original) while not moving, but in tilt or in chair elevated position. So far I'm able to turn this one off, and when it's turned back on, it works. I'm not, needless to say, trusting this chair right now.
Yesterday at the ALS Clinic, I was seen by the owner of another company which sells my chair, who adamantly believed I never needed a new joystick, and as he asked his chief tech over the phone about the cause, Phil (my husband) said, "Mercury switch." So did the tech whom I could hear over the phone. They--the owner of the company, Phil, and the tech said to take the mercury switch off the chair and the problem will stop. Anyone else ever have a similar problem? I've got an Invacare TDX-SP.
Yesterday at the ALS Clinic, I was seen by the owner of another company which sells my chair, who adamantly believed I never needed a new joystick, and as he asked his chief tech over the phone about the cause, Phil (my husband) said, "Mercury switch." So did the tech whom I could hear over the phone. They--the owner of the company, Phil, and the tech said to take the mercury switch off the chair and the problem will stop. Anyone else ever have a similar problem? I've got an Invacare TDX-SP.