Does riding my wheelchair on carpet wear the battery quicker?

Yes and no,,,, it depends on how you are charging the chair, if you use 1-2 bar of power in the day and then charge it every night it will shorten the life, unless you know you will be needing a full charge for the next day, try not to charge until you have used at least 1/3 of the power so if your chair has ten bars (3 green / 4 amber / 3 red) as is the standard charge once you have used 3-4 bars.

hope that helps.

mark.

Anything other than a perfectly smooth flat surface could potentially use up a bit more battery but not enough that you would really notice. If the batteries are dropping down a lot, it may be getting time to replace them.

That question has a yes and no answer. If the carpet does not create alot of resistance then probably not. The best way to describe what I am saying is if you can roll something that has small wheels like a microwave stand across the floor with a small amount of effort then your wheelchair isnt working too hard to move across that carpeted floor. If the carpeted floor is real soft and cushioned under your feet your chair will have to work a little harder. Any time you are not rolling on a hard surface your chair will have to work a little harder than it would on the harder surface.