Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

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Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by Stacey99 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:17 am

Hello! I'm travelling in Australia for six weeks in February and March. I'm coming from Canada, and I have a ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset for Her. According to my manual: "make sure you have the appropriate power cord for the region you are travelling to." Now I'm obviously buying a plug adapter, but do I need a whole different power cord?

Also, in looking at the reviews for travel plug adaptors, some say that they don't work on bigger appliances like hair dryers, etc. Anyone have any recs on an adapter you know works with a CPAP?

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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by grayghost4 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:10 pm

all you need is a plug adapter ... not a power converter .
the power brick should say 110-220 50-60 cycle ... on it .
a power converter converts 220 to 110 V ... you do not need this
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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by Stacey99 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:53 pm

Okay, thank you! Just wanted to make sure I had it right.

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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by Wulfman... » Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:13 pm

Stacey99 wrote:Hello! I'm travelling in Australia for six weeks in February and March. I'm coming from Canada, and I have a ResMed AirSense 10 Autoset for Her. According to my manual: "make sure you have the appropriate power cord for the region you are travelling to." Now I'm obviously buying a plug adapter, but do I need a whole different power cord?

Also, in looking at the reviews for travel plug adaptors, some say that they don't work on bigger appliances like hair dryers, etc. Anyone have any recs on an adapter you know works with a CPAP?

Here ya go:

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricit ... y-country/

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricit ... d-sockets/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_ele ... by_country

http://www.hdp-power.com/sites/default/ ... _World.pdf


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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by Stacey99 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:54 pm

Thanks!

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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by cands » Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:27 pm

grayghost4 wrote:all you need is a plug adapter ... not a power converter .
the power brick should say 110-220 50-60 cycle ... on it .
My 'brick' shows 100-240 volt, 50-60 cycle.
Australia is 240 volt, 50 cycle, so fits within the range. All the bricks are the same, I think?

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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by reolhlains » Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:55 pm

What you can do when you get here is just buy the plug that plugs into the transformer (i.e. from the wall socket to the transformer pic below).
That'll save you taking up a socket converter (i.e. $2 instead of $10 and a little easier).
That's what I did - I bought my machine from the US and just used another plug end.
I'm happy to send you one in advance if you want - I could suss out the cost (otherwise you can get one in Coles or Woolworths (the supermarkets here)).
Have fun down under!

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Re: Questions about travelling to Australia with ResMed CPAP

Post by Stacey99 » Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:28 am

reolhlains, that's so kind of you to offer! I appreciate that so much. I do have a plug adapter already, so should be good to go on that front, but thank you for the thought. Looking forward to visiting your country!

Thanks to all for your help!