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Re: Inexpensive DC Power for CPAP


Posted by pat on October 25, 1999 at 11:26:31:

In Reply to: Inexpensive DC Power for CPAP posted by W6SA on October 24, 1999 at 13:32:48:

Did you put a fuse inline with your DC cord? I know the respironics DC cord comes with a fuse to protect your CPAP. Did you put in the AC chokes? The Respironics DC cord has chokes at both ends to block out any induced ac currents. Again, this protects your CPAP. For a mere savings of $36 (the cost of my cord from www.cpap man.com)why risk your $800+ cpap machine?

As far as using car batteries, just to add to what you mentioned, yes they can be used in a pinch, but they are not designed to have their power drawn down very many times and can only take a few deep discharges before they give up most of their capacity. Marine batteries, on the other hand are meant for deep discharge and can be discharged and charged up to 100 times before they need to be replaced. At $49 at Kmart, that's the way to go. You can even get a case to put the battery in for $6. This keeps the bare battery posts from being exposed.

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