Power outage solution success!

[Nealbopper]

Hello,
I live in Michigan and have frequent power outages. Back up battery for cpap's are expensive. $100.00 solution.
I bought a deep cell battery, $65.00 (do not worry about fumes, it's so minimal during use.) I also purchased a
power converter, $25.00 to $35.00. When power goes out i hook up the converter to the deep cell and plug my cpap in and it's good for more that three nights of continuous running. A solar pannel will trickle charge during the day, even if it's cloudy out.
If you have access to a generator, hook up the battery trickle charger and it will power up your battery for another three days.
It has worked just fine for me and have never run into a problem. Just giving you my solution.

[kteague]

Just curious - how often does the power go out there? I'm in SW Ohio and we get maybe one or two brief (hours) outages a year and that's generally due to storm or auto accident. This year was the exception when hurricane winds went up the plains then headed across us with a fury. Much of this area was then out a week or two, though we were down only a few hours. I guess if I expected my power to be out more often I'd have paid closer attention to the threads on battery backup. This will probably be one of those things when I'm one day saying, "I wish I would have...". Thanks for posting your solution so when I do get there it will pull up in a search. I'll be taking a crash course.
Kathy

[hose head]

We have had power go out for 3-4 days maybe once a winter(ice storms) and once every other summer. I have a converter but I think ResMed requires a converter with cleaner zine waves than regular converter. I would like to add solar panel to charge with. I already have trolling motor battery. I think my health would be ok if I had to live for a few days without CPAP.
M

[Nealbopper]

Hose Head, unfortunately there are some of us that cannot sleep at all without the CPAP. I need it and if the power goes out, i'm in trouble. Work requires me to be able to think. Can't do that when I didn't sleep for a whole night. This solution is for those who need the help. If you can sleep without your CPAP, great. Some of us are not so fortunate.

[hose head]

Hose Head, unfortunately there are some of us that cannot sleep at all without the CPAP. I need it and if the power goes out, i'm in trouble. Work requires me to be able to think. Can't do that when I didn't sleep for a whole night. This solution is for those who need the help. If you can sleep without your CPAP, great. Some of us are not so fortunate.

I know that I am fortunate. I didn't mean to say anything negative about your post. I think if I could not be one night without CPAP, I would be looking into backups. I also would stay away from ResMed machines that require extra money to run on battery.

[Mebake]

I found an interesting product at believe it or not Marshall’s I is a battery pack that can be charged by AC or DC and has the ability to run AC or DC appliances. Also it can jump start your car if you needed it. It can be left plugged into AC indefinitely but only 3-4 hours on DC. I have yet had the need to use it I can not report on the effectiveness. I will be using it this weekend (just to see how well it works) all of this for $50.00. I actually bought 2 - 1 for the house and 1 for the CPAP. I will report on the effectiveness.

[rested gal]

Thanks for posting what worked for you, Neal.

I've added this topic to the others at:

LINKS to Battery operation, camping, power outage
viewtopic.php?t=9682

[Guest]

Hey Guys
Some of the newer machines are already battery capable, (DC) with the proper battery
adapters you can connect straight to the battery without this siene converter thing.

I read all the ways some of you made your battery connections and etc and decided
just to purchase the battery adapter package from my DME. Plus purchase 12VDC battery
recommended. I choose the deep cycle RV battery for longer use.
(Marine Battery same reason)

One of the posts here , has the formula showing the how many amps your machine uses per hour --- per day from this you can determine how many days one can run on the battery.
From that formula I determined that I could last on that battery between 5 to 7 days

I choose not to use the humidifier on my three day dry camping trip and I had plenty of
juice left according to the battery charger reading. Bypass worked just fine

I read somewhere that the battery only has the most emissions during charge time.

Also in my rural area in Washington can have outage do to wind, snow, or some one
hitting a pole.


good luck on finding the best method for you.

[LSAT]

I'm in Wisconsin where we also get occasional power outages. Why couldn't you just sleep in a recliner where you would be semi-upright. Wouldn't that minimize any apnea events?

[hose head]

I'm in Wisconsin where we also get occasional power outages. Why couldn't you just sleep in a recliner where you would be semi-upright. Wouldn't that minimize any apnea events?

I used to sleep in recliner(pre-cpap) and it seemed to help. I still get up sometimes and sleep in recliner, but I take my machine with me. When I get my data card, reader and software, I'll be able to see if events go down while in recliner. I think I'm still having them. I know I still snore load enough to wake me up.