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Hello I have just joined the forum would like to know if any members have used one I go caravaning alot at weekends.
Thanks
Steve
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Permalink Reply by Lisa on
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Hello, Steve and welcome. I am just getting to grips with using batteries, so will be interested in what others have to say, too. I have just had to buy a battery so that I could use my machine on a plane ( see other post) - airlines have restrictions on type, size etc - so beware if you want battery you get to be useful for that purpose as well. I did notice when looking for mine that there were batteries available that were suitable for camping , supposedly giving several days of power, but these didn't meet the airlines criteria.
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Permalink Reply by Terry Vella on
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Steve, I don't go caravaning but a friend who also has sleep apnea does a lot of camping and takes his with him. he is well organised and has a portable generator and also uses inversion, not exactly sure what it is. He said he gets a full weekends use of his CPAP without having to recharge.
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Permalink Reply by martin mucznik on
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hi all,be very carefull with batteries,i go camping often but blew up not one but two cpaps machines,(hospital not amused) because you are supost to use a speicial addapter at a cost of £55 (hospital wont pay) i connected a cig lighter 12v to the 12v supply plug at the back and that blew them.they were connected correctly pos centre neg outside,i didnt reverse the wires as the hospital were not happy with me,so now i have a 300w inverter and connect that to the 12v.hope this helps.muz
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Hi Martin
Thank you for your reply think I should think about getting an adaptor for my cpap maching as i dont think my hospital would look to kindly or amused when I have to return it to them for repair will look for an inverter
Cheers
Steve
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hi steve,i bought an inverter from ebay for about £20 and use it on cpap,laptop,lights,and just about everything when camping,as said the hospital were very anoyed with me and i still feel cold shoulder when i go,so i darent go any other way,but i do use the inverter alot.martin
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