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14:1998
Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs
Standards Australia
1 The Crescent,
Homebush NSW 2140 Australia
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee
ME/67, Mobility Appliances for People with Disabilities. It is based on and has been reproduced
from ISO 7176-14:1997 of the same title. In Australia, it replaces AS 3696.14(Int) — 1991,
Wheelchairs, Part 14: Power and controls — Electric wheelchairs which was withdrawn in 1995.
The objective of this Standard is to provide a specification for minimum design, safety and
performance requirements for power and control systems of electric wheelchairs, for the use of
manufacturers, testing authorities and purchasers.
For the purposes of this Standard, the ISO text is amended, supplemented or replaced as set out in
Appendix ZZ. These changes are indicated by a marginal bar against the relevant clause or part
thereof affected.
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IEC AS
335-2-29 Part 2: Particular requirements for 3350.2.29 Part 2.29: Particular require-
battery chargers ments — Battery chargers
529 Degrees of protection provided by 1939 Degrees of protection provided by
enclosures (IP Code) enclosures for electrical equipment
(IP Code)
601-1 Safety of medical electrical 3200 Approval and test specification
equipment —Part 1: General — Medical electrical equipment
requirements 3200.1.0 Part 1.0: General requirements for
safety — Parent Standard
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the appendix to
which it applies. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Normative references . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4 Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5 Preparation of test wheelchair . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Electrical systems . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Non-powered mobility test . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8 Safety guard test . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Wheelchairs—
Part 14:
Power and control systems for electric wheelchairs—Requirements
and test methods
WARNING — This part of ISO 7176 calls for the use of procedures that may be injurious to
health if adequate precautions are not taken. It refers only to technical suitability and does
not absolve the manufacturer from legal obligations relating to health and safety at any stage.
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1 Scope
This part of ISO 7176 specifies the requirements for the power and control systems of electrically
powered wheelchairs, including battery chargers, and associated test methods. It sets minimum
requirements for the protection of the wheelchair user during normal use and some conditions of
abuse and failure. It also specifies methods of measurement of the forces necessary to operate the
controls and sets limits on the forces needed for some operations.
This part of ISO 7176 is applicable to electrically powered vehicles intended to provide indoor and
outdoor mobility for disabled persons whose mass at speeds up to 15 km/h does not exceed 100 kg.
It is not applicable to electrically powered vehicles which incorporate devices that need to be
connected to a domestic or industrial power supply greater than 100 volts (e.g. those with built-in
battery chargers).
NOTE—Further work is in progress by CEN/TC 293 on electromagnetic compatibility requirements for wheelchairs related to
the Medical Device Directive, whilst work in ISO/TC 173/SC 1 will provide specific electromagnetic compatibility requirements
for wheelchairs.
2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions
of this part of ISO 7176. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards
are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this part of ISO 7176 are encouraged to
investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below.
Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of currently valid International Standards.
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