Anyone Sleep Through Power Outage

[SJ-Paddler]

Hi Guys:

You long timers must have dealt with power outages in the past. How long does it normally take to wake you up?

This morning I just noticed my clocks were blinking meaning we lost power. After looking at Oscar I saw it was a tiny 1 minute and 20 second outage.

I never woke up, like it did not happen. I would have thought the SECOND the power goes out breathing would be so hard it would automatically wake you up. I am sure if it went on for 15 minutes I would be awake but just wondering on other experiences.

Thanks.

[ChicagoGranny]

I would have thought the SECOND the power goes out breathing would be so hard

Why would you think that?

[LSAT]

Put on your mask and connect it to your machine without turning it on.. Now sit and breath. It's no different from breathing without CPAP.

[chunkyfrog]

I noticed the difference in effort right away.
Stenting my airway eases my breathing--no question about it.
I woke within a short time of the outage--I think my snoring woke me.
Minutes, perhaps--not seconds.
Without cpap, my snoring is LOUD.

[Julie]

Had outages with mask on, but within a very, very, very short time (secs, mins - I'm asleep so don't actually know) I fight to breathe and wake up (to find no power).

Your body won't let you die without a really good fight that will wake you quickly. Won't happen.

[ChicagoGranny]

Just remember, you are only hearing from the ones that lived.

[Pugsy]

Just remember, you are only hearing from the ones that lived.

Aren't you a load of positive encouragement today.

To answer the OP question....
22 minutes slept through outage...actually what happened was it took me 22 minutes after outage started before I woke up to realize the power was out.
Figured it out by comparing the time I woke up (phone told me) and the time the machine ceased recording anything.

I slept just fine with the machine off and moving air through the vent holes only for 22 minutes and I think that the silence woke me up more than anything else. I was NOT in the least bit in distress when I finally woke up.

You can move enough air through the vents holes or that little valve on FFmasks...to survive and it really isn't all that difficult.

[Dog Slobber]

Just remember, you are only hearing from the ones that lived.

Not necessarily true.

According to the OP he never woke up.

I never woke up

[ozij]

Just remember, you are only hearing from the ones that lived.

Not necessarily true.

According to the OP he never woke up.

I never woke up

[ChicagoGranny]

SJ-Paddler wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 8:27 am
I never woke up

Anyone suspect that SJ-Paddler stands for Schrödinger J. Paddler?

[Dog Slobber]

SJ-Paddler wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 8:27 am
I never woke up

Anyone suspect that SJ-Paddler stands for Schrödinger J. Paddler?

I half suspect.

[chunkyfrog]

PROVEN: The internet has penetrated beyond this vale of toil and tears . . .
And the departed can indeed communicate with those of us still here.
We just have to know where to look.

[Miss Emerita]

I always worried a little about power outages, which happen at least several times a year where I live, so I installed a circuit alarm in a plug on the same circuit as my machine. It goes off when our power cuts out, so it's definitely doing its job. The one I got is made by Reliance, and it's available on Amazon for around $19.00. The sound it makes is similar to the sound of an alarm clock going off.

[chunkyfrog]

I complained about the outage affecting my cpap use;
but my neighbor informed me that her concentrator also stopped.
PERSPECTIVE.

[SleepGeek]

You long timers must have dealt with power outages in the past. How long does it normally take to wake you up?

The first time I woke up immediately it seemed like. But there was nothing to do - the lites were out and couldn't watch TV - couldn't get back to sleep.

I hooked my machine up to a battery and now I sleep right thru any outage like it never happened.

If you use a cpap the best thing you can do is get a DC power cord and a battery (or two) for your cpap - connect it to the battery each and every nite and you will never look back.

Avoid using a inverter as it uses more power than DC does.