swalker
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- Joined
- Dec 11, 2014
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- 1,580
- Reason
- DX MND
- Diagnosis
- 07/2014
- Country
- US
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- CO
- City
- Vail
I had posted previously that I was considering adding another wheelchair to my collection. And...I could not resist!
Yesterday, we picked up a Permobil C350 manufactured in July of 2014. That is their rear-wheel drive model which is a bit more compact and nimble than the other front wheel drive and four wheel drive chairs I have.
I don't yet have a controller connected to it that will allow me to see how many miles are on it, but I suspect it was used very little.
I purchased it from a wonderful medical thrift store that I learned about a couple of months ago. The wheelchair had been languishing there for 6 months and they were as happy to unload it as I was to purchase it. The wheelchair needs a lot of work, adjustments, and a few parts to be useable for a typical wheelchair user.
It came with a head array and omni controller, which I don't currently need. It has a long seat pan (even too long for my long legs) but a very short seat back. The armrests were set very low and were very wide apart. There were numerous extraneous nuts and bolts, must of which were not tightened at all. It made a frightful rattling noise getting it out to the wheelchair van. The junction box where the wiring for the head array and omni controller come together was just dangling by wires!
The batteries are Duracell Pros rather than the MKs I prefer, but that should work for now.
The wheelchair was stuck in turtle (Permobil's slow) mode when I looked at it last week and when I picked it up yesterday. I thought this would likely be one or more bad limit switches or bad wiring. It turned out that the seat was "reclined" forward sufficiently for turtle mode to be activated. Once I got it in a more neutral position it left turtle mode and seems to behave as it should.
I think it will take a couple of months to acquire the necessary parts and for my friend to help me get them all installed. I am looking forward to getting to know it and put this wonderful wheelchair back in action.
Steve
Yesterday, we picked up a Permobil C350 manufactured in July of 2014. That is their rear-wheel drive model which is a bit more compact and nimble than the other front wheel drive and four wheel drive chairs I have.
I don't yet have a controller connected to it that will allow me to see how many miles are on it, but I suspect it was used very little.
I purchased it from a wonderful medical thrift store that I learned about a couple of months ago. The wheelchair had been languishing there for 6 months and they were as happy to unload it as I was to purchase it. The wheelchair needs a lot of work, adjustments, and a few parts to be useable for a typical wheelchair user.
It came with a head array and omni controller, which I don't currently need. It has a long seat pan (even too long for my long legs) but a very short seat back. The armrests were set very low and were very wide apart. There were numerous extraneous nuts and bolts, must of which were not tightened at all. It made a frightful rattling noise getting it out to the wheelchair van. The junction box where the wiring for the head array and omni controller come together was just dangling by wires!
The batteries are Duracell Pros rather than the MKs I prefer, but that should work for now.
The wheelchair was stuck in turtle (Permobil's slow) mode when I looked at it last week and when I picked it up yesterday. I thought this would likely be one or more bad limit switches or bad wiring. It turned out that the seat was "reclined" forward sufficiently for turtle mode to be activated. Once I got it in a more neutral position it left turtle mode and seems to behave as it should.
I think it will take a couple of months to acquire the necessary parts and for my friend to help me get them all installed. I am looking forward to getting to know it and put this wonderful wheelchair back in action.
Steve