Traveling Overseas

[NoSlak]

So I will be bringing my RemStar M Series APAP to Ireland with me.
I was wondering , will the power cable supplied invert/convert power from the 220 outlets over there and all I need is an adapter ? or do I have to buy something else ???
The manual does not seem to tell me.

[nate fry]

I took my remstar to italy and it converted by itself. You need adapters but you can get them at most electronics store.

[hobbs]

Nice travel adapter;

http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=2683043

[Bearded_One]

It is also good to bring at least one cheap 12 foot extension cord with you.

[kopoloff]

that universal adaptor looks the goods. if you go to New Zealand, you won't need an adaptor. They don't use electricity there yet.

[Ms Piggy]

gees Kopoloff I didn't notice that when I was there last, must have been too busy drinking tea.
Guess if I make it to Oz to visit friends there I'm going to have to bring my own water.

[dvejr]

Most of the time foreign hotels have adapters for American guests to borrow (sometimes asking a deposit), but it is a good idea to pack one anyway if you have one. I second the motion on the extension cord - so often there's no free receptacle near the head of the bed!
Doug

[NoSlak]

Thanks everyone, so the inverter CAN transform the 220 current to 110 with no additional equipment except for an adapter. No need for a transformer then.

[Bearded_One]

Yes; the power supply (or power brick) can automatically operate on any voltage from 100 volts to 240 volts

[kopoloff]

gees Kopoloff I didn't notice that when I was there last, must have been too busy drinking tea.
Guess if I make it to Oz to visit friends there I'm going to have to bring my own water.

Well, its a few years since I was there, maybe they've found out where it grows.

Sorry - that water comment went straight over the top!

K

by the way, in Oz we love New Zealand, but we're not allowed to admit it.

[Ms Piggy]

Maybe your electric one did too.

Re: "By the way, in Oz we love New Zealand, but we're not allowed to admit it."
Does that mean that you secretly love poms too, or is that going too far?
I can always use a different accent if it's necessary.

N.Z. is certainly a more manageable size from a travelling point of view.

[kopoloff]

Loving Poms - now that could never happen, although I believe they do know where to get electricity.


Just between you and me, don't tell anyone, but I used to be a pom, before I discovered soap, sunlight, showers and fresh vegetables.


K

[Blue Snuffle nose]

Hello

I have been overseas with the cpap.....one thing, do NOT put cpap in as check in luggage!!! The machine will get tossed around and damaged as I found out the hard way! As I found out from a short flight from melb to Sydney trip. Not international, but it sure buggered up my cpap machine. Now I take it on board as hand luggage, at least I KNOW it won't get tossed around thrown around in transit!

Been international flight and I still take it with me on board and I have medical sheets with it in case they want inspect it. Plus adaptor that it will to the various voltages around in diffrent countries. Plus a extra wire and electeral extension on board. I been to malayaisa, KL and Singapore and I have sleep with cpap in interstate trains around the country in the trains's comparment using their power socket.

[dvejr]

Just a note that the following things are not the same: inverter, converter, adapter, transformer.

Adapters are used so that a plug and a receptacle can mate. Adapters do NOTHING to change the voltage or frequency of the electricity. With the correct adapter you can plug a 110 volt device into a 220 volt socket - and destroy whatever it is that you just plugged in.
A good assortment of photos is at: http://www.traveloasis.com/internationa ... pters.html

Transformers change the voltage of electricity. If the electricity is AC the transformer does NOT change the frequency or the waveform. Transformers tend to be very heavy and bulky.

Most modern American electrical devices run on DC, not AC. Some, like your typical desktop computer, have an internal power supply that changes 110 volt AC coming from the wall into low voltage DC used inside the PC. Most, like maybe your laptop, have an external power supply, and the power brick is either on the end that plugs into the wall, or it is the "soap on a rope".

Some converters, usually small and lightweight, turn 220 volt sine wave into a very clipped 110. Don't worry that you have no idea what that means. These devices are sometimes mistaken for transformers. 220 AC "clipped" to 110 volts can be very bad for some 110 volt devices.

Most modern American power supplies can take in either 110 or 220 volt AC, so when you travel all you need is the right plug adapter, and you can leave the electricity alone.

Doug