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chrisc.
Stannah 600 refitting chair
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chrisc
ParticipantHi, I hope I can get a little advice please from the forum experts!
I’ve just acquired a used stannah 600. It was working fine when I removed it yesterday, but trying to refit the chair is giving me a couple of issues.
I can get the carriage back on the track at the top of the stairs, but I can get it to manually wind itself back on to the rack using the manual buttons. It looks like it’s lined up, but is wobbly because it’s only on the first set of alignment rollers on the back. No amount of straightening seemed to help get the main gear to move.
I saw error codes, but I didn’t think to take note of them all before my help left! One (9-3 or 4)was to do with no charger, but I don’t think the connector touched the busbar yet. I also saw what looked like alternating Capital and lower case h in case that helps. I can get my help to come back and pay more attention to the codes if required.
If anyone knows of something I’m not thinking about please could you let me know! I’m a reasonably competent tinkerer and qualified electrician.
Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer
Chris
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chrisc
ParticipantHi,
I’m leaving what I’ve learnt here in case it helps anyone else in the future.
When replacing the seat on the rail, I used 2 people. One to lift, the other to align. The seat and carriage assembly is very heavy, but that looked like the better option than trying to disassemble. If you’re alone you’ll need to disassemble. Get your directional commands organised before starting!
There is a group of 3 copper contactors on the back side that run up the copper bus bar on the back side of the rail. I learnt the hard way that you can disable the spring action by looking a thin piece of wire into the holes in the sides. Push in the contractors whilst also pushing the wire through and you will fix the springs at Thier minimum extension. This helps to get them out of the way of damage when trying to align the carriage.
With the carriage seated I found the most reliable way to get it to wind down the rack is too lower the seat, arm rests, and foot plate to help prevent safety alarms and the carriage not moving. Once it’s wound on a little way it’s much more forgiving.
A little bit of tinkering and testing with the covers etc is all that’s then needed to finish the job! My disabled missus is delighted!
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