Setting Up; Recharging The Battery; Setting Up The Bathlift In The Bathtub - Invacare Aquatec ORCA Mode D'emploi

For detailed instructions on how to dismantle the de-
vice, please refer to section 5.3.
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Setting up

Important!
Before setting up, inspect all parts for dam-

age caused by transport.
During assembly, make sure the parts are

positioned correctly in relation to each
other.
5.1

Recharging the battery

CAUTION!
There is a risk of injury from electric shock.
Only recharge the battery in dry rooms (not
in the bathroom).
Important!
Recharge the battery completely each time

before you use the bathlift.
Make sure that the voltage specifications

shown on the charger correspond to those
of the power mains.
1. Insert the jack plug (6, fig. 3) of the charger (3,
fig. 3) into the jack socket (5, fig. 3) on the curled
cable (4, fig. 3) of the hand control (1, fig. 3) as far
as possible.
2. Insert the power plug (2, fig. 3) of the charger into
the power socket.
The red indicator lamp (5, fig. 10) on the hand control
will stop to illuminate if the battery is fully recharged. It
is not possible to "over-charge" the battery.
3. Pull the charger out of the power socket.
4. Disconnect the jack plug of the charger from the
jack socket on the hand control.
5.2

Setting up the bathlift in the bathtub

CAUTION!
The seat may slip if the suction cups do not
adhere properly.
Before you set up the bathlift, clean the

bathtub and the suction cups.
Do not move the bathlift once you have

installed it in the bathtub.
Injuries or damages
Only install the bathlift in bathtubs which
conform to the information in the following
table.
EN
Fig. 4 Description
A Bottom length of bathtub
B Bottom width of bathtub
(inside)
C Width of bathtub for the
height of 8 cm (inside)
H Height of bathtub (inside)
E Width of bathtub (outside)
Important!
The suction cups have to be attached.

The battery in the hand control must be fully

charged.
The spindle foot must be fully retracted.

When lifting, please remember: The seat

weighs 7.5 kg and the backrest weighs
4.6 kg (without the hand control).
If your bathtub has a handrail, use the side-

flap diverter (optional).
The sideflaps must be folded outward

before the backrest is raised.
1. Place the seat (2, fig. 5) onto the base of the emp-
ty bathtub. The spindle foot retainer (3, fig. 5)
must point towards the end of the bathtub oppo-
site the drain (1, fig. 5).
2. Fold the sideflaps of the seat outwards (fig. 6).
3. Place the backrest (without the hand control) (1,
fig. 7) onto the seat so that the hooks (2, fig. 7) in
the backrest fit in the hinges (3, fig. 7) of the seat
plate (4, fig. 7).
CAUTION!
There is a risk of damage if the spindle foot
slips out.
Before you fold up the backrest, check

whether the spindle is fully retracted.
After you have folded the backrest up,

check whether the spindle foot is in the
spindle foot retainer.
4. Carefully lift the backrest by pulling it up to the
limit position at the head end (fig. 7).
Dimensions in cm
≥ 80
28-60
≥ 43
≤ 42
(with height adapter
max. + 6 cm)
58-69
(with special side-
flaps)
70-74
(with standard side-
flaps)
75-100
(with special side-
flaps)
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