"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 01:43:28 -0000, wrote:

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. 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. 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.

It's not sensible. Old people don't need to go slower than walking speed
when they're sat in a chair (which has a seatbelt).

Imagine they're desperate for the loo,

Easily fixed with a **** bottle.

or want to answer the door to the postman before he goes away.

Easily fixed with a notice beside the doorbell etc.