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    My father-in-law put new batteries in his power chair. Cost him $600. I don't know why he didn't ask me to do it. I'm Guessing $450 of that $600 was labor.



    Edit: Put it up on jacks and hook your car battery up to it and see if it runs. Should be a 12v system (just guessing).

    I see you are in AZ. With all the retired snowbirds in AZ, you should be able to sell easily.
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    This is my take on it without doing much research. I'm going to guess the Quantum 600 line has almost all the same parts for each model (basically). There will be different parts here and there. Here is a parts list for quantium 600:

    https://www.southwestmedical.com/rep...ty/quantum-600

    Compare what you have to what is there. If it's the same, then you have some part numbers to work with. With more research, you can get more part numbers. With those numbers, list on ebay. Parting out will get you more in the long run, but how long is the unknown part.

    I think maybe you're open to more liability selling as a whole working unit without any experience with wheelchairs. Selling parts passes some of the liability onto the repair person in my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pjost View Post
    My father-in-law put new batteries in his power chair. Cost him $600. I don't know why he didn't ask me to do it. I'm Guessing $450 of that $600 was labor.

    Edit: Put it up on jacks and hook your car battery up to it and see if it runs. Should be a 12v system (just guessing).

    I see you are in AZ. With all the retired snowbirds in AZ, you should be able to sell easily.
    If you can find specs of the battery for the chair or several similar chairs made by the same brand, you just may be able to test it with you car battery. Selling it for $800 untested may be a stretch, but I don't know much about the power wheelchair market. I do know the general population would be weary of buying it untested. A repair shop, maybe, maybe not.

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