Power reclining chair

[Eddie702]

I have a relative going in for a shoulder replacement. It's her right arm and the manual recliners are NG because they all use your right arm to recline. She doesn't need a "Lift Chair" just a recliner. The Doctor told her she will probably have to sleep in the chair for a while hence the recliner. She is worried about what to do in a power failure. They rarely if ever loose power and does not want a generator.

I have herd their are some chairs with a battery pack which is just a couple of flashlight batteries that will bring the recliner back to a normal chair but that is about it.

Looking online but I can't find any specs on any chair that mentions amps, watts or any specific power requirements and the store don't seem to know anything the salesmen are useless.

Anyone ever delt with this?

 

[Eddie702]

From what I have found a regular recliner (no massage or heat etc) only needs 50ish watts. So I was looking at some 200-250 watt power supplies and the receptacles on them (some have 1 some have 2) look like they are 2 prong which may cause another issue. Haven't seen the recliner yet but I imagine it will have 3 wire cord.

 

[hbiss]

Haven't seen the recliner yet but I imagine it will have 3 wire cord.

No. They usually have a power supply "brick" that the low voltage cord for the chair plugs into (with some weird computer plug). I'm guessing 12VDC. There is a two prong line cord that plugs into the other side of the brick.

I'm guessing that because of fires (one I remember killed the person sleeping in the chair) chair manufacturers don't build the power supply into the chair anymore, rather have it outside where it can be seen.

-Hal

 

[petersonra]

All the ones I have seen have a wall wart that has two nine volt batteries in them so in case of a power failure you can get upright again and get out of the chair.

 

[jim dungar]

All the ones I have seen have a wall wart that has two nine volt batteries in them so in case of a power failure you can get upright again and get out of the chair.

I have three recliners, none of them have batteries as standard.
Two have corded power supply bricks, the other is a wall wart. The bricks are definitely interchangeable between brands, you can find them on Amazon. The 120VAC side is a 2 wire cord. The 12VDC output cord has a universal style 'round' connector.

 

[Eddie702]

Thank you

 

[winnie]

I've not used these, but wonder if one of the 12V UPS systems (made for routers and the like) would work for one of these recliners

 

[drcampbell]

Go to the computer store and get a 120-volt UPS.
Select one with enough power output capacity for the chair, and you can just plug it in. No need to concern yourself with the details or optimizing the design.

 

[ptonsparky]

We rented a power chair when my wife was in need of one.

Didn't worry about battery backup.

 

[Barbqranch]

Have a cell phone available, and get a Knox Box if available in that area (they are a good idea regardless).

 

[garbo]

I have a relative going in for a shoulder replacement. It's her right arm and the manual recliners are NG because they all use your right arm to recline. She doesn't need a "Lift Chair" just a recliner. The Doctor told her she will probably have to sleep in the chair for a while hence the recliner. She is worried about what to do in a power failure. They rarely if ever loose power and does not want a generator.

I have herd their are some chairs with a battery pack which is just a couple of flashlight batteries that will bring the recliner back to a normal chair but that is about it.

Looking online but I can't find any specs on any chair that mentions amps, watts or any specific power requirements and the store don't seem to know anything the salesmen are useless.

Anyone ever delt with this?

I'm getting my second catnapper brand powered recliner delivered this afternoon. The old broken one , new one & the one I purchased for my 95 year old mother all have a little compartment in the 8" long power supply to hold two little 9 volt batteries. Found out the hard way that the batteries only bring a reclined chair back up to standard chair position and will not lift the chair up to inclined position. I got the fat boy model that's good for 4OO#'S and cost $1,300 with delivery charge. They sell replacement ( 28 VDC) motors with foot like actuator extending rods for $80 to $100. Three models that I purchased each use two motors.