If they are lead acid batteries then being on trickle charge for a long
time should be no problem.
David
David Colven
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The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul.Nisbet
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 3:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: charging batteries over school holidays
>
> Hi folks
>
> I'd like advice re charging wheelchairs left in school over the school
> holidays. If they're left for 6 weeks they are likely to be fully
> discharged
> and not recoverable. I'm thinking there's 3 options:
>
> 1. Leave it permanently on charge.
> 2. Organise the janitor to come in once a week and charge it for 8
hours.
> 3. Buy a timer and set it to charge once a week.
>
> Any advice on best practice?
>
> Paul
>
>
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> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Barry
> Sent: 25 June 2010 11:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Microsoft on screen keyboard with vista
>
> Dear all
> I've done it again!
>
> I didn't get to the bottom of my previous issue - the client
> disappeared.
> But now I have someone else running Vista. I select the on screen
> keyboard from the accessibility folder, it appears on the list of
recent
> programs but the keyboard doesn't appear on the screen! I'm confident
> that I'm doing something silly, but what?
>
> The only other software I'm running is Smartnav, but I can't see that
> causing problems?
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Barry
>
> Barry Taylor, Clinical Scientist
> Medical Physics Service
> Tulley Medical Physics Building, Hull Royal Infirmary
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sal Cooke
> Sent: 08 June 2010 16:22
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: FW: Microsoft on screen keyboard with vista
>
> Hi Barry -
>
>
>
> Is your client using a Tablet? I understand there's some kind of
> conflict with the On Screen Keyboard after installing Service Pack 2
on
> Tablet PCs running Vista.
>
> Apart from that I've drawn a blank - can't find any evidence that
anyone
> has reported such a problem before. Unless they've gone into the
Control
> Panel and disabled it, but then it wouldn't run invisibly, so that's
> probably not very likely.
>
> The team are busy looking currently to see if they can come up with
> anything else.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Sal
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Barry
> Sent: 08 June 2010 14:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: microsoft on screen keyboard with vista
>
> Does anyone know why my clients on screen keyboard won't appear? Its
> just the MS standard one in "Accessibilty", but it seems to run
> invisibly!
>
> Barry
>
>
> Barry Taylor, Clinical Scientist
> Medical Physics Service
> Tulley Medical Physics Building, Hull Royal Infirmary
> Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ
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