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1. POWERCHAIR ONLY:
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Wheelchair (Powerchair) Battery Sizes
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ONLY Menu HERE Powered electric Wheelchairs come with a relatively few "standardised"
battery case sizes. When talking about powerchair batteries "Group 27","Group
2. VEHICLE ONLY: 24", Group 34" and "Group 22NF" size batteries are often specified for each
Detailed Wheelchair different model. These are the four sizes most manufacturers use. Deep Cycle
Accessible Vehicles mobility batteries are available from many companies in these four sizes.
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3. EVERYTHING ELSE:
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Everything else HERE! At the bottom of this page is a table specifying the actual dimensions of these
BCI Standard battery sizes.
MY OWN VEHICLES: We don't really need to know the actual sizes unless you are trying to fit a
Dodge Grand Caravan
different battery size than your manufacturer specifies. Which is often possible!
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My own powerchairs for e.g. originally used a group 34 battery of 56ah. (Amp Hour
MY HOME BUILT capacity) As specified by the manufacturer, Sunrise medical.
ULTIMATE
POWERCHAIRS: But knowing the actual dimensions of a group 34 battery allowed me to know a
My SLIGHTLY Modified larger capacity group 24 battery would also fit.
Improved Powerchair
Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 How? Well that's easy! A group 34 is the same length, and the same width as a
group 24 battery. Bit the group 24 battery is taller.
My VERY Modified Off
Road & All terrain DO So I just looked at the space above the batteries and decided that the taller group
ALL Powerchair! 24 ones would also fit.
Part 1 | 2 | 3
Group 27 batteries are around the 90 to 105Ah capacity but much longer. And
heavier. Making powerchairs too big for sensible indoor usage and very heavy.
MISCELLANEOUS "Bounder Wheelchairs" use these in some powerchairs. And many off road all
POWERCHAIR terrain and 4x4 outdoor powerchairs use them too.
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Group 22 batteries are considerably smaller capacity (see table) and smaller
sized physically too. In general group 22 batteries are good only for slow 4mph
Powerchair Tyres mostly indoor powerchairs and are limited in range. If you are serious about
powerchairs absolutely avoid powerchairs that use these!
Drive your Powerchair
by Radio Control Group 34 batteries are typically 50Ah to 70Ah and are (or can be) almost as good
for range as the taller group 24 batteries. And in certain cases better for heavy
Powerchairs & Range loads. A standard automotive starter battery size case with mounting lips at the
bottom. Depending on actual battery chosen***. These are generally good in all
Off Road DO ALL indoor / outdoor powerchairs up to 6 mph and often used where seat electronic
Indoor & Outdoor riser mechanisms take the space that that the similarly sized footprint but taller
Powerchairs Group 24 batteries needed. Some like the Odyssey batteries are exceptionally
good.
Off Road ONLY
Outdoor Powerchairs &
4x4
Group 24 batteries are taller deep cycle case versions of the group 34 ones
Page 1 | 2 above. They are usually 70 to 75Ah and for most indoor / outdoor 6mph
powerchairs are the only sensible option if Gel batteries are used.
Manual or Electric
Wheelchair? *** I PERSONALLY use Group 34 Hawker Odyssey 68Ah AGM batteries in my home built powerchair (even though I
designed it to take group 24 batteries) since they can make much more current (power) when used in extreme conditions
Why ALL Powerchairs off road/beach/snow etc than any group 24 Gel battery. And the capacity is almost as high too.
NEED to be Off Road
Capable! And they also have equally as good a range as the bigger (taller) group 24 batteries due to a lower internal resistance
value than Gel batteries that is typically half or even better... So if you are currently using and limited to group 34 batteries
Choosing a Suitable take a look at the Odyssey PC1500DT battery! It can be charged in 1 hour too...
Powerchair
And if space is tight remember that these are the MAXIMUM permissible sizes for each "class" of battery in the chart
Wheelchair Width below. So actual measurements cannot exceed this chart usually... But some batteries are notably smaller in one
dimension or another. EG the Group 34 Optima Deep Cycle battery is shorter than the allowable 260mm, And the
Odyssey is bigger (longer).
BATTERY AND
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(POWERCHAIRS & BCI Group Maximum Overall Measurements (inc. terminals)
SCOOTERS + MOTOR + Typical Ah (Amp Hour) Capacity of
Millimetres Inches
VEHICLES): Commonly Used Wheelchair Battery
Batteries for Both Vans Sizes L W H L W H
& Power Wheelchairs

Inverters & Chargers Group 22NF (35Ah to 50Ah) 240 140 227 9 7/16 5 1/2 8 15/16
Very flexible charger! Group 34 (50Ah to 70Ah) 260 173 200 10 1/4 6 13/16 7 7/8

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Group 24 (65Ah to 75Ah) 260 173 225 10 1/4 6 13/16 8 7/8
Charging Batteries
Group 27 (75Ah to 105Ah) 306 173 225 12 1/16 6 13/16 8 7/8
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Power Wheelchair CAUTION - Having said all that, this Odyssey battery below is a D34 (Group 34) battery. But is about 14 mm (half inch)
wider at the top than the table above says it should be!
Which batteries to buy
Battery sizes are at best "nominal" values it seems... So it still pays to measure them. This is because D34 batteries are
an automotive size. They are the correct size at the bottom where it would fit into the battery tray in your car. But the top is
"DRIVE FROM A less important. They also have a lip at the bottom for an automotive battery bolt on style clamp.
WHEELCHAIR"
VEHICLES: So in the case of D34 batteries especially it pays to read the specs specs for the actual battery you wish to buy. Most
Dodge Grand Caravan powerchairs will have room at the top for an extra 7mm length each side (14mm extra width) but some may not! So it pays
1 to measure exactly.
Dodge Grand Caravan
2 This one below is actually the battery I prefer over all of the group 24 Gel batteries that most top end powerchairs come
Dodge Grand Caravan with. It handles big currents that I need without "sagging" and fast charging is much better/faster. Although it has a slightly
3 lower deep cycle life expectancy.
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