using cpap in a car
using cpap in a car
Is there a way where I can use my cpap in my car? If there is some sort of adopter to use, please provide the name, approximate cost and where I can purchase. Thank you very much for any information you can provide.
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Re: using cpap in a car
CPAP is designed to help sleep breathing. When you are driving you are awake. Not the same thing.
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Re: using cpap in a car
Perhaps more information could be provided?sangre wrote:Is there a way where I can use my cpap in my car? If there is some sort of adopter to use, please provide the name, approximate cost and where I can purchase. Thank you very much for any information you can provide.
type of machine
awake or not awake in vehicle.
vehicle running with someone else driving
vehicle stationary and not running.
Re: using cpap in a car
Oppppps, I meant when someone is driving and I want to get some sleep in the back seat. Is there something I can use to plug into the car lighter?
Re: using cpap in a car
Yes, but we still need to know your specific machine to answer. Some of the machines can run directly off anything close to 12 volts. Others are much more picky and would need more line conditioning to function in a car with the engine running. You might even need an inverter to provide 120 VAC.
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Re: using cpap in a car
OK, that changes everything.
The easiest would be to simply get an inverter and plug your machine in like you do at home. With the vehicle running there should be no issues with the battery going dead on you.
The easiest would be to simply get an inverter and plug your machine in like you do at home. With the vehicle running there should be no issues with the battery going dead on you.
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Re: using cpap in a car
Respironics says not to plug the 12V DC adapter into the car while the car is running.
I'm nervous about using inverters. If it's a square wave inverter or a "modified sine wave" inverter, the waveform "seen" by the CPAP machine's power supply doesn't look like the correct voltage.
Lots of people have used modified sine wave inverters successfully, though. Even if it works, I'm a little afraid that it may stress the power supply. It depends on the CPAP machine's power supply design. Some designs won't care or will shut down gracefully. Some won't. I don't know enough to know which manufacturers designs can handle it well.
A "pure sine wave" inverter would be safer, but much more expensive.
DON'T!!!! have any water in the humidifier when the CPAP is in the car, even if you're not running it.
I'm nervous about using inverters. If it's a square wave inverter or a "modified sine wave" inverter, the waveform "seen" by the CPAP machine's power supply doesn't look like the correct voltage.
Lots of people have used modified sine wave inverters successfully, though. Even if it works, I'm a little afraid that it may stress the power supply. It depends on the CPAP machine's power supply design. Some designs won't care or will shut down gracefully. Some won't. I don't know enough to know which manufacturers designs can handle it well.
A "pure sine wave" inverter would be safer, but much more expensive.
DON'T!!!! have any water in the humidifier when the CPAP is in the car, even if you're not running it.
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Re: using cpap in a car
Or, you could buy a CPAP battery.
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Sleep Study Titrated to 19 cm H2O
Rotating between Activa and Softgel
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Re: using cpap in a car
Or a car jump starter evenOutaSync wrote:Or, you could buy a CPAP battery.
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