Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
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chunkyfrog
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
Fused power strips--yes!
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
I don't have a battery backup, 'cause in 7 years... I've had 1 outage that lasted overnight... and I didn't really sleep then either.
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
Interesting. I'm not sure how I would do that. Do you know how my machine is set up? Is the phone line the piece I remove when I take out my SD card? Or should I remove the modem, itself? There are only two cords: the one running from the outlet to the power box (sorry I don't have the correct term for this: the piece is not labeled, and a labeled drawing does not accompany the user's guide. It's a 3" X 5" X 1" black box) and the one running from the power box to the machine.archangle wrote:If you have a machine with a modem, unplug the phone line when there's lightning in the area, even if you leave the machine turned on plugged into the power line.
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Diagnostic study: overall AHI: 0.2 events/hour; overall RDI: 45 events/hour
Titration study: AHI: 6.1; RDI: 27; CPAP pressures: 5-8cm
Not-tired behind my eyes and with a clear, cool head!
Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
If there is no phone cord, then there isn't a modem that needs to be worried about.napstress wrote:Interesting. I'm not sure how I would do that. Do you know how my machine is set up? Is the phone line the piece I remove when I take out my SD card? Or should I remove the modem, itself? There are only two cords: the one running from the outlet to the power box (sorry I don't have the correct term for this: the piece is not labeled, and a labeled drawing does not accompany the user's guide. It's a 3" X 5" X 1" black box) and the one running from the power box to the machine.archangle wrote:If you have a machine with a modem, unplug the phone line when there's lightning in the area, even if you leave the machine turned on plugged into the power line.
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
If there's not a wire that runs out and plugs into a telephone jack, you don't have a modem/lighting problem.napstress wrote:Interesting. I'm not sure how I would do that. Do you know how my machine is set up? Is the phone line the piece I remove when I take out my SD card? Or should I remove the modem, itself? There are only two cords: the one running from the outlet to the power box (sorry I don't have the correct term for this: the piece is not labeled, and a labeled drawing does not accompany the user's guide. It's a 3" X 5" X 1" black box) and the one running from the power box to the machine.
I'm not sure what the modem on a PRS1 machine looks like. If you have one and don't have a phone line hooked to it, it's probably not doing any harm. Does anyone know where the PRS1 modem attaches and what it looks like.
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NightMonkey
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
For goodness sakes NO!CPAP Mom wrote: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
Go into the house to use your CPAP.
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Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
NightMonkey wrote:For goodness sakes NO!CPAP Mom wrote: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
Go into the house to use your CPAP.
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: 14
Diagnostic study: overall AHI: 0.2 events/hour; overall RDI: 45 events/hour
Titration study: AHI: 6.1; RDI: 27; CPAP pressures: 5-8cm
Not-tired behind my eyes and with a clear, cool head!
Diagnostic study: overall AHI: 0.2 events/hour; overall RDI: 45 events/hour
Titration study: AHI: 6.1; RDI: 27; CPAP pressures: 5-8cm
Not-tired behind my eyes and with a clear, cool head!
Re: Is it safe to use CPAP in a lightning storm?
we have drifted off topic
you need to remove pulg from powerpoint/outlet to protect whatever
if I had a battery back up I would use it during storms
we seldom lose power here, but when we did once and I was soundly asleep with my nose only mask, I eventually woke due to the extra effort needed to breathe and found that I hadnt opened my mouth, this surprised me
you need to remove pulg from powerpoint/outlet to protect whatever
if I had a battery back up I would use it during storms
we seldom lose power here, but when we did once and I was soundly asleep with my nose only mask, I eventually woke due to the extra effort needed to breathe and found that I hadnt opened my mouth, this surprised me
australian,anxiety and insomnia, a CPAP user since 1995, self diagnosed after years of fatigue, 2 cheap CPAPs and respironics comfortgell nose only mask. not one of my many doctors ever asked me if I snored