10. The battery indicator on my powerchair controller is 'stepping up'. What does this mean?

This sequence will be seen if your powerchair controller is either a VSI or VR2 and the batteries on the chair are being charged through the controller. Each L.E.D. on the battery gauge will light in turn until 10 L.E.D.s are lit. The gauge will then briefly go off before stepping up through the L.E.D.s once more. During the stepping cycle, it will not be possible to drive the chair. Once charging is complete, the charging plug must be removed from the controller and the power cycled, i.e. turn the VSI / VR2 off and then on, using the appropriate button. (Our older control systems, such as Pilot & Pilot+, will constantly flash 6 bars on the gauge, to indicate charging, rather than 'stepping up').

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