Camping With Sleep Apnoea

turtle9270 · Post by **turtle9270** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:14 pm

Hi There,

Since i have not been able to find a cost effective method to power my cpap using a battery i'm now on the hunt for something else,

Now as i hvae to drive on this trip i'm looking for a temp treatment for OSA,

It dosnet have to be 100% as long as i have a good enough sleep to fall asleep at the wheel, feeling tired i can deal with falling asleep at the wheel i cant for obv reason

THanks

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:18 pm

Get one of these:

or buy/make one of these:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:01 pm

not really the answer I was looking for to be honest looking for something cheap as it's only for 1 night

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:09 pm

What cpap do you have? Does it have a 12V jack on the back? IE the goodnight 420. Just buy a jack at radio shack and run it off of a 12 v battery. A typical trooling motor battery will last for weeks and costs about $50.

Also small 12v batts that run fence chargers and electronice can be had for under $20. We really need to know which brand of cpap to go further with this.

:twis ted:

danw61 · Post by **danw61** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:36 pm

I have an inverter I just plug into the cigarette lighter. I use the humidifier in passover mode (ie off) to reduce power requirement.

tashabear · Post by **tashabear** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:02 pm

So the jumpstarter wasn't cost effective? $100 USD is too much for a multi-purpose unit? I doubt you're going to find a solution for much less...