Battery Backup suggestions for S8 Resmed

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JamesAbbott
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Battery Backup suggestions for S8 Resmed

Post by JamesAbbott » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:28 pm

Hello All,

First time poster. We have a hurricane coming. Any suggestions on a compatible battery backup for my cpap?

I see plenty on Amazon.com and Cpap.com but I'm confused if they will work with my machine.

Thank you for any suggestions!

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Re: Battery Backup suggestions for S8 Resmed

Post by CapnLoki » Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:31 pm

JamesAbbott wrote:
Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:28 pm
Hello All,

First time poster. We have a hurricane coming. Any suggestions on a compatible battery backup for my cpap?

I see plenty on Amazon.com and Cpap.com but I'm confused if they will work with my machine.

Thank you for any suggestions!
I normally recommend a deep cycle battery such as the one listed about 12 posts down in the thread listed in my sig. However, on short notice your best bet might be a marine deep cycle from a West Marine or (cheaper) a Walmart or Costco.

The other problem is that you'll need special 12V adapter for your ResMed pump. A quick search yielded this:
https://www.cpap.com/productpage/s8-mac ... -converter

You'll also need a "cigarette socket" to go on the battery - about $10 on Amazon, but you can probably get it at Pep Boys, etc.

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Re: Battery Backup suggestions for S8 Resmed

Post by JamesAbbott » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:28 am

Thanks so much!