Respironics battery pack with M series

[travismcgee]

I'm a little confused, I thought the integrated HH with the M series ran on 110V AC and the PAP unit ran on 12V DC. That is why it has the goofy power "block". I have taken my APAP camping and run it off a 12V marine deep cycle battery. But never ran the HH. Am I missing something about the batteries that are being discussed here?

Hi Travis,

How many cords come out of your Power block? There is one the goes in from the wall outlet (and has a "figure eight" shape where it plugs into the power block) Not counting that connection, the question is how many cords come out of the power block. I think that the answer is one (this indicates 12 volt DC to me and you can read the information on the power block it will indicate the "Output" voltage). Or, does your power block have a secondary cap and then there may be two cords coming out (one with a round plug and one that looks like a "figure eight") and you plug the round one into the blower and the figure eight into humidifier.

You can also look at the bottom of the humidifier assembly and read the little label it will indicate either 12 volt DC or 110/220 AC.

Let me know what you have.

I have one where a single cord is plugged into an AC outlet then that cord splits into two cords at the power block, (which can be seperated) one cord goes directly to the humidifier and is wired into the housing the other cord at the the end of the block goes to the blower and has a DC plug on the end. The block must be the converter from AC to DC to power the blower only. It makes sense now that I see Hose-Head's post, I didn't realize that Respironics made an M-Series with an HH that ran on DC. Thanks for the clarification.

[RipVW]

Sounds like you're getting things done the right way, cpapguru38! Wish I'd known what you know when I began! Good luck!

[Gerryk]

I will be camping with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and ar first will mostly be doing base camping with a power source nearby if I need to recharge. Some of the camping will be close enough that I can run a power cord if need be. In a couple years the camping will be a few days out in the boonies without power nearby.

Thanks for the help I will re read everything and look at the different batteries.

Any suggestions on how to calculate how much battery I need? My BiPap runs at 21 and 17.

Gerry

[plr66]

Any suggestions on how to calculate how much battery I need? My BiPap runs at 21 and 17.

Gerry

Not sure if this will address your BiPap, but builta has a very detailed response on the following recent thread which you might find helpful.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40703&start=30

[Gerryk]

Thanks, I read the thread. I will do some calculations after I am fully awake and ready to go and hopefully I do the math correctly.