Heat/Storage

[Resister]

Crap. So we're going to Phoenix for the weekend, and there's about a 5 hour period of time where I won't have anywhere to leave my CPAP but in the car. It's going to be over 100 degrees outside, and over that inside the car. What's going to happen to my machine?

[LSAT]

If it's in it's case out of direct sun....you should be fine. Lots of people in Phoenix use CPAPs.

[Pap-Daddy]

So we're going to Phoenix for the weekend, and there's about a 5 hour period of time where I won't have anywhere to leave my CPAP but in the car. It's going to be over 100 degrees outside, and over that inside the car.

What's going to happen to my machine?

It could melt. Seriously, I would not leave it anywhere in the car if it were mine.

[chunkyfrog]

Put it in the lowest part of the trunk, under insulation and in the dark.
If you do not have a trunk, put it in a foam cooler, covered with blankets, etc.
The passenger cabin of your car gets hottest because sunlight comes in through the glass.
Find the coolest part of your vehicle.
Our Prius has a lower chamber below the cargo deck, where it is much cooler, like a trunk.

[Resister]

Yikes...SUV so no trunk.

Crap, this stinks. Maybe I'll see if I can leave it at the hotel until we're finished for the day. But then we might not be anywhere near there later.

Thanks for the replies, everyone!

[Guest]

could be close? can you bring it inside with you? or are you worried what people will think?

Environmental
Operating Temperature: 5° to 35° C (41° to 95° F)
Storage Temperature: -20° to 60° C (-4° to 140° F)
Relative Humidity (operating & storage): 15 to 95% (non-condensing)
Atmospheric Pressure: 101 to 77 kPa (0 - 2286 m / 0 - 7500 f

[sleepychar]

I live in Tucson - and Phoenix is even hotter. Not recommended to leave anything electronic in your car if your car will be out in the sun. Maybe you could find a covered parking lot near where you're going to be? Otherwise, that idea of using a cooler sounds like a possibility...

[Resister]

We're going to a waterpark, so I can't really keep it with me.

[Resister]

Apparently they do have 1x2 ft lockers there, so I will try to cram it in. I really, really hate worrying about crap like that.

[BlackSpinner]

You might try a cooler with freezer packs in it (put the machine in a plastic bag!) Cover the cooler with blankets to increase insulation.

[palerider]

Crap. So we're going to Phoenix for the weekend, and there's about a 5 hour period of time where I won't have anywhere to leave my CPAP but in the car. It's going to be over 100 degrees outside, and over that inside the car. What's going to happen to my machine?

crack the windows.

[palerider]

It could melt.

one of the stupidier things you've said.

[chunkyfrog]

Use the cooler. Don't crack the windows, unless you want to share your stuff with some thief.

[Pale-Daddy]

I live in Tucson - and Phoenix is even hotter. Not recommended to leave anything electronic in your car if your car will be out in the sun.

one of the stupidier things you've said.

tryin to keep up with you I could be up all night.
maybe you should get some sleep

stupidier

btw don't make no new words

[palerider]

blathers meaninglessly

I'd respond, but why waste the time?