Roughing it, battery question

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67tony
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Roughing it, battery question

Post by 67tony » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:28 pm

So, if we're primitive camping for 8-10 days, can I run my Phillips Respironics REMstar Auto A-Flex on a marine, RV, or car battery somehow?

How many days would you think it would give me?

Thanks!

(P.S. I'm one month in, adapting very well, and definitely feeling better. This site is great, and I'm looking forward to learning how to interpret data.)

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Re: Roughing it, battery question

Post by idamtnboy » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:54 pm

67tony wrote:So, if we're primitive camping for 8-10 days, can I run my Phillips Respironics REMstar Auto A-Flex on a marine, RV, or car battery somehow?

How many days would you think it would give me?

Thanks!

(P.S. I'm one month in, adapting very well, and definitely feeling better. This site is great, and I'm looking forward to learning how to interpret data.)
There are several threads on this subject. Do a search on camping and battery. Some of the info may not make you real happy, on the other hand some of it might just be encouraging.

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Re: Roughing it, battery question

Post by a1albert » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:33 pm

Do a search for ( 9 days in the wildernes and I survived ) this is what I did. If you are runing a humidifier forget it, humidifiers take a lot of juice.

Good Luck

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Re: Roughing it, battery question

Post by Mr Bill » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:31 pm

a1albert wrote:Do a search for ( 9 days in the wildernes and I survived ) this is what I did. If you are runing a humidifier forget it, humidifiers take a lot of juice.

Good Luck

Albert
Correction: "9 nights in the wildernes and I survived"
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Also that leads to here...
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Re: Roughing it, battery question

Post by archangle » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:33 pm

Be careful. It's very easy to convince yourself you can do it by looking at the numbers for batteries, CPAP machines, solar panels, etc. and finding out when you're in the wilderness that you don't have enough power.

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