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by dougjgreen
Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude
Replies: 9
Views: 1941

Re: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude

It´s not the cables - what I meant by working intermittently was how aggressively and frequently the leak detection sensor is shutting off the pressure. There have been a couple of sessions of a few hours where it didn´t do that much, and I could sleep. And my pressure is already set to 15.
by dougjgreen
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:20 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude
Replies: 9
Views: 1941

Re: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude

Well, an update - the machine seems to work intermittently, and as a result, I sleep intermittently. Over the course of 10 hours, I got two slices of 2.5 to 3.5 hours or real sleep, and I felt fairly rested, but not deeply rested this morning. Unfortunately, I´ll only be in Aguas Calientes for 1 of ...
by dougjgreen
Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:34 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude
Replies: 9
Views: 1941

Re: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude

No, I don´t have a pulse-ox meter here in Peru. And I found the manual to the 420G online, and it says that the device is spec´d to work up to altitudes of 7800 feet. I´m 3400 feet higher than that right now, and will be for 6 more days, and really not sure what the hell to do.
by dougjgreen
Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude
Replies: 9
Views: 1941

PB Goodknight 420G not working at high altitude

I´ve got a big problem. I am currently on vacation in Cusco, Peru, at an altitude of just over 11000 feet. My PB Goodknight 420G is not functioning properly due to the altitude. When it´s blowing air, it seems to be blowing a noticeably lower pressure than normal, even though the readout says 15.0 A...
by dougjgreen
Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:50 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Buck Teeth and sleep apnea
Replies: 20
Views: 6378

Not all dentists are so ignorant regarding CPAP. One of the first people who clued me into the fact that I had sleep apnea was my dentist, who told me that I would ocassionally fall asleep in the dental chair, and also that he thought that my palette was shaped in such a way as to make me susceptibl...
by dougjgreen
Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:07 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Recommendations for a Small, Lightweight CPAP?
Replies: 4
Views: 2449

PB 420G

I agree with the post above, and can strongly recommend the PB Goodnight 420G as a travelling machine. I use a PB 318 as my home machine (That's what my insurance gave me) - but it's a big and heavy unit, which I hated to lug around with me. As a result, I bought a PB 420G when it came out a couple ...