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   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message   
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   > Ah, another good item to watch for at yard sales. I used to repair power   
   > wheel chairs and other medical devices and have mixed feelings about   
   > diverting their still-useful repair components to other purposes. For   
   > various reasons not all users quality for government help.   
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   And some qualified and then never used the darn things, like my aunt.  I   
   have an Invacare Storm Power 9000 rear wheel drive folding electric   
   wheelchair (with right angle motors unfortunately) sitting on my front porch   
   unused but still functional because she used it a couple times and then   
   stored it in her garage and let the batteries (MK 22NF Gel cell) discharge   
   and go bad. One of the 2 batteries I managed to recover somewhat to 20Ah out   
   of the original 55 but the other had shorted cells and I recycled it. The   
   one I recovered is hooked to my APC back-UPS Pro 650 (BP650SX107).   
      
   IOW a new set of batteries and a charger is all that would be required to   
   resurrect this one.  I run it occasionally on a set of standard 18Ah AGM   
   batteries like are in most jump-start packs, this set is from my parent's   
   Black & Decker cordless electric lawnmower.   
      
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