slowhand Posted June 13 #1 Share Posted June 13 My wife's scooter uses a AGM/Sealed Lead Acid battery. It is approved by the FAA for flight. The NCL accessibility FAQ says that only Gel Cell batteries are permitted. We sailed last year on Holland America, and their guidelines permit AGM batteries. I'd hate to arrive at the port and be told that our scooter is banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ColeThornton Posted June 13 #2 Share Posted June 13 41 minutes ago, slowhand said: My wife's scooter uses a AGM/Sealed Lead Acid battery. It is approved by the FAA for flight. The NCL accessibility FAQ says that only Gel Cell batteries are permitted. We sailed last year on Holland America, and their guidelines permit AGM batteries. I'd hate to arrive at the port and be told that our scooter is banned. Yes, NCL is quite clear on what is allowed. Perhaps a rental would be a good idea. Here is the info about that: For additional details on the prearranged rental program for wheelchairs, scooters and other medical equipment, please contact our authorized vendor. Please note that the other vendors will not have access to Norwegian ships: Scootaround Phone: (toll-free) 888-441-7575 or 204-982-0657 Fax: 204-478-1172 www.scootaround.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherdqueen Posted June 13 #3 Share Posted June 13 (edited) A quote from my Access Desk Relations letter: (You should be fine is it is FAA approved.) Scooters and motorized wheelchairs must be powered by gel-cell, dry-cell batteries, sealed acid batteries or must be FAA approved and the chargers must be adaptable to 110 volts." . Edited June 13 by shepherdqueen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilbog Posted June 13 #4 Share Posted June 13 As a side note, though, if your charger is 110/220V and you bring a European adapter plug you can use one of the European outlets in your cabin and save the US outlet for something that's not switchable. I do that with my scooter and my CPAP machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowhand Posted June 14 Author #5 Share Posted June 14 22 hours ago, shepherdqueen said: A quote from my Access Desk Relations letter: (You should be fine is it is FAA approved.) Scooters and motorized wheelchairs must be powered by gel-cell, dry-cell batteries, sealed acid batteries or must be FAA approved and the chargers must be adaptable to 110 volts." . Thank you for the clarification directly from NCL. Our scooter battery is FAA approved so all should be good 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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