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Reddwarf wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 09, 2018 1:14 pm

Any suggestions on the CPAP usage? Also, anyone use the CPAP on the airplane? It's a rather long flight from Dallas, TX and there is no way I can sleep on a plane without CPAP. So far all my domestic travel I just don't sleep, even napping is out. I assume I plug into the seat power and set the CPAP, sans water tank, on the floor at my feet. Doesn't seem very easy with the lack of room and of course sitting on the plane with my mask - not pretty!

A few words of advice for this. I would use it without the humidifier for sure. Since I only carry a climateline, I connect the humifier, leave it empty, but connect the hose in a way the electronic connector doesn’t click (so my machine thinks I have a standard hose), and I turn off the humidifier.

Some airlines are notoriously picky about CPAPs. Aer Lingus is one of them. Anytime flying through the Republic of Ireland, be sure to go through their medical preclearance. I never had to when visiting UK, Europe, Thailand, etc, but Aer Lingus was a pain.

They saw me carrying on my CPAP and refused to board me because I didn’t have a battery pack for 2x my flight time. I ended up missing that flight because I now needed medical clearance on a Sunday afternoon before I was allowed to fly with my CPAP. Thankfully, my insurance company got me in a video chat with a doctor who balked at this nonsense and immediately wrote me a clearance letter so I could get on the next flight.

When I got on the plane, there were 110v connectors between every seat and I had the whole row to myself. You better bet that I plugged in, pulled my blanket over me, and slept to Dublin and then on to Paris.

Just be prepared, and your plan for use is exactly what you will do if your flight has outlets. FYI that my flight from Italy a few weeks ago did NOT have outlets. That wasn’t fun.

Grabbed this from the Resmed manual for the S8 Lightweight

https://www.resmed.com/au/dam/documents ... nz_eng.pdf

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
S8 LIGHTWEIGHT
Performance: Operating pressure range: 4 to 20 cm H2O Dimensions (H x W x D): 112 mm x 164 mm x 145 mm Weight: 1.3 kg
Power Supply
• Input range for S8 LIGHTWEIGHT with HUMIDAIRE 3i:100–240V, 50/60Hz; 110V, 400Hz; 2.5A < 140VA (110W) (maximum power consumption). Instantaneous peak power consumption <340VA.

Looks like it can use any voltage in the range 10-240v so will work without going BANG with the 240 v of Europe so you only need a plug adapter no step down trans former required

msla wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:52 am

I went here and ordered the male plug. https://www.110220volts.com/cee-7-5-plu ... kuEALw_wcB I can buy a 14/3 extension cord, thinking 25'

I think just buying the appropriate short cord would be much better.

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:59 pm

msla wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:52 am

I went here and ordered the male plug. https://www.110220volts.com/cee-7-5-plu ... kuEALw_wcB I can buy a 14/3 extension cord, thinking 25'

I think just buying the appropriate short cord would be much better.

Actually I bought the US wall to power brick cord, from our host, cut the male end off (ouch ), and put the male European plug end on the wall to brick cord.

msla wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 25, 2018 4:08 pm

palerider wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:59 pm

msla wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:52 am

I went here and ordered the male plug. https://www.110220volts.com/cee-7-5-plu ... kuEALw_wcB I can buy a 14/3 extension cord, thinking 25'

I think just buying the appropriate short cord would be much better.

Actually I bought the US wall to power brick cord, from our host, cut the male end off (ouch ), and put the male European plug end on the wall to brick cord.

This is a lot easier... and much less expensive: https://smile.amazon.com/InstallerParts ... s=europlug (for anybody else contemplating the same thing).

I second Palerider. Buy this for Europe:

https://www.amazon.com/InstallerParts-E ... pldnSite=1

And this for the UK:

https://www.amazon.com/InstallerParts-P ... 2TMHPAF685

Cheaper, safer, less hassle.

rick blaine wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:07 pm

I second Palerider. Buy this for Europe:

https://www.amazon.com/InstallerParts-E ... pldnSite=1

And this for the UK:

https://www.amazon.com/InstallerParts-P ... 2TMHPAF685

Cheaper, safer, less hassle.

And happy Boxing Day to you.

It's true that the voltage in Europe is double what it is in the U.S. (and most of the Americas). Thus, the danger is greater.

As is already understood, your machine is compatible with the voltage in Europe without making any changes or flipping any switches.

However, I've used simple adapters, and have never had an issue. My first CPAP back in 1999 had a non-detachable cord, so I was forced to use an adapter at that time.

I still prefer to use an adapter since I also need to charge my phone (which is also my camera, my alarm clock, and my GPS). Nowadays, they make universal adapters that have USB charging ports and fit the sockets in most countries. Also,it's still possible that the electric socket is not near the bed, so I pack U.S. style extension cords. If you need to use an extension cord, you'll need to put the adapter into the wall and connect the U.S. cord to that. Imagine trying to find an extension cord (which might be called and extension lead in the U.K.) for each country. Your hotel may or may not have one to lend you.

In Switzerland, you might find that a universal adapter hangs loose from the wall because the socket might not be recessed.

I have travelled around the world using a multiplug adaptor with no issue at all. All the hotels I used I didnt need an extension lead (but I guess this depend on the level of hotel also). From the Far East to the USA and Europe have been no problem using one of these - http://www.skross.com/en/product/145/pro-world-usb.html

The power packs for the machines are mostly designed to operate on different voltages, just check the one you have before using it.

HTH