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Default Anyone ever speeded up a stairlift?

On Friday, 15 March 2019 00:30:29 UTC, Grumpy Old White Guy wrote:
On 3/14/2019 6:12 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:


I've yet to come across any old person who wouldn't like their stairlift to get there quicker.Â* For goodness sake, they're either trying to answer the door, or get to the loo before they wet themselves, and the thing runs at less than half a mile an
hour.Â* Are they powered by hamsters or something?



Most have a DC motor and 12 volt SLA battery under the seat. Prolly not legal or safe but you could put an 18 or 24 volt battery pack in, upgrade the charger and hang on.


Reckon you'd have to feed them 240v to get a sensible speed going. You'd need a much more powerful motor. Those cheap hoists go a sensible speed but are very noisy.


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