AeioMed Battery Pack

I have a AeioMed CPAP with a battery pack but the batteries are slowly dying.
Has anyone with an AeioMed battery pack had theirs repacked and if so who did it for them? As an alternative does anyone know if there is another battery pack still available, that will do the job?

FRM1951 wrote:I have a AeioMed CPAP with a battery pack but the batteries are slowly dying.
Has anyone with an AeioMed battery pack had theirs repacked and if so who did it for them? As an alternative does anyone know if there is another battery pack still available, that will do the job?

I bought one about half a year ago on E-bay, but I don't see any now. I don't use the machine anymore, but it is now my emergency machine.

Thanks, I have hunted everywhere and even tried to contact the L-ion battery maker. No response. The Everest 3 is my travel machine, useful on flights and camping.

FRM1951 wrote:Thanks, I have hunted everywhere and even tried to contact the L-ion battery maker. No response. The Everest 3 is my travel machine, useful on flights and camping.

Depending on how adventurous you are, you might be able to come up with a retrofit for the battery. Sometimes device specific battery packs are just standard (or semi-standard, but available) cells on the inside. You'll have to do a bit of digging into it to see if that's the case. If it is individual standard cells wired together, you quite possibly could get those same cells, or functionally equivalent. Honestly, not sure it would be worth that effort unless this device provides a lot of value to you that you can't get with a newer travel style unit. For camping, you could just get any 12V capable unit and take a deep cycle battery with you. For plane travel..I'd think you wouldn't need a battery, or are you talking about actually using the machine on the flight?

Another option would be to pick up the Everest 12V-24V DC converter. No longer available from retail sources, but there is one person selling a few on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-AeioMed-CPA ... Sw-W5U0j7c .

With that, you could use a 12V source, like deep cycle battery or some other lithium ion 12V battery.

linuxman wrote:

FRM1951 wrote:Thanks, I have hunted everywhere and even tried to contact the L-ion battery maker. No response. The Everest 3 is my travel machine, useful on flights and camping.

Depending on how adventurous you are, you might be able to come up with a retrofit for the battery. Sometimes device specific battery packs are just standard (or semi-standard, but available) cells on the inside. You'll have to do a bit of digging into it to see if that's the case. If it is individual standard cells wired together, you quite possibly could get those same cells, or functionally equivalent. Honestly, not sure it would be worth that effort unless this device provides a lot of value to you that you can't get with a newer travel style unit. For camping, you could just get any 12V capable unit and take a deep cycle battery with you. For plane travel..I'd think you wouldn't need a battery, or are you talking about actually using the machine on the flight?

Yes, I do use the unit on long overnight flights. All airlines are different, some will allow use of aircraft power, some will not. Generally it is necessary to book premium economy or above to guarantee AC power. As there are a number of small lithium-ion battery packs around now, I will look for one with a DC outlet as I do have the converter already. Thanks.

A note of caution on aircraft. The voltage of the alternating current on aircraft is 110 volts; same as the U.S., Canada, and most countries in the Americas. However aircraft electricity is 400hz, whereas U.S. power is 60hz. Europe, Asia, and most of the rest of the world supply electricity at 50hz. Most CPAPs will handle 50 or 60 (and probably anything between), but not 400!

FRM1951 wrote:I will look for one with a DC outlet as I do have the converter already.

Will it not work directly on DC?