Stairlift makers companies are now designing modern Stair lifts that only operate from DC batteries. No high voltage from the mains electric supply is required to use them.

Battery-powered Stairlifts are obviously a lot more safe than typical electrical Chairlifts and have less moving parts! Less to go wrong and no risk of electrocution from high voltage trailing wires should something seriously mess up with the high voltage trailing mechanism.

Just to put you at ease electrocution from Stairlifts so far as I am aware hasn’t happened to a user or owner and the above statement is applicable to service engineers working on the appliance to service or fix the unit.

The reason for designing Chairlifts to run operate of battery packs is they are more easy to install no untidy electric wiring and the custom made slim batteries allow the manufacturers to build slimmer chairs allowing more space on the staircase.

The drawback of modern battery-operated Stairlifts! The makers have designed them so only their unique battery packs can be installed. No longer can you go to any battery supplier retailer and buy new batteries to replace your old exhausted batteries.

If your Stairlift needs battery replacement then you’ll need to contact the manufacturer or authorized agent. They won’t just supply the batteries but will insist they send an engineer to perform the battery exchange at considerable cost to you Stairlift battery packs don’t come at cheap prices.

The older style battery Stairlifts contained sealed lead acid batteries which could be acquired from most retailers at a reasonable price and installation was pretty straight forward for the majority of people with some type of mechanical background.

DIY battery replacement is becoming a thing of the past and deliberately made so by the manufacturers. Not content with selling you a Stairlift they now want to ensure they carry out all maintenance and service work on the unit at substantial expense to the owners.

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