Battery Back-Up in Case of Power Outage

Hello,

My father has Sleep Apnea, and noticed that I was experiencing the same symptoms he had while we were on a family vacation in 2006. I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea in June of 2006 and just logged over 7,000 hours on my RemStar Plus C-Pap machine.

One afternoon, while visiting my family, my father told me that the power had gone out in the middle of the night, and that he woke up gasping for air (as his C-Pap machine was not working, due to the lack of power). After hearing this and thinking about my poor dad gasping for air in the middle of the night, I decided that I was going to do some research and get him and myself a battery back-up unit that could provide us a undisturbed nights rest, once (not if) this happens again.

I work at a UPS reconditioning center, so finding a unit was easy as can be. I got a battery back-up unit for my dad and no kidding, three nights later, the power went out again. The unit started beaping (letting him know that the power was out, which the unit is suppose to do) and he told me that he appreciated the thought, but the beeping woke him up anyway. Well, I knew how to bypass the speaker (beaping) and gave it back to my dad once it was bypassed. I did the same to my UPS, and have been amazed at how easy it is to sleep thru a power outage now. No one should have to wake up, gasping for air... that's what got us to get these machines in the first place, you know?

I have read MANY blogs about people getting these outragiously expensive systems that will give them 10+ hours of battery "uptime" in case of a power outage. Two questions:
1) Who sleeps for 10 hours these days?
2) When does the power go out for 10 hours straight (unless some sort of major disaster happens)?? Usually power outages last minutes, not hours

If you are wanting to know more about these battery back-up systems, please feel free to call me. I can disable the alarm (the beeping) so you can sleep thru the night... you can even plug your alarm clock and nightlight into the UPS as well, enabling you to make sure you are up for work on time and have light, in case it's too dark to see.

My name is Cameron Woolf and I can be reached at (972) 635-2999 x110. I guarantee that I can provide you a solution for MUCH less than anyone else... being a fellow C-Pap user, I understand how impossible it is to sleep with out my C-Pap.

Cameron, I applaud your good heart and kind efforts.

I counsel you to remove your phone number from this posting. You have just posted on a public internet site. You have no idea how that information will be used against you.

Instead, invite readers to "PM" you for further information. The Private Message feature of this board allows you to communicate your personal info to people without posting it publicly.

Cheers,
Babs