[Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of power outage

Tue Nov 10 21:57:37 UTC 2015

Chip,

A UPS is a good suggestion.  Since CPAP machines are lower voltage, I was thinking that a direct replacement for the power supply might be more efficient and give longer life, but I don't really know if that would be the case.  A UPS would certainly be a more flexible solution.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Hi Peter,

Again, a heavy duty UPS should answer all your needs, and is much much easier to manage, and much much cheaper than dealing with a generator.  If you want to be sure you could last for several nights, you could buy two or three from your local big box or Home Depot type store.  I believe they usually run under $100 even for the larger ones.  They also provide surge protection, to help preserve your CPAP device from a bad voltage spike.

Chip

Chip Orange
Florida Public Service Commission
Computer Systems Analyst
850-413-6314

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Good afternoon everyone,

     Since I have Sleep Apnea I use a CPAP machine to enable me to sleep 
at night. The unit I have does not have any sort of backup power supply 
not even a rechargeable battery. If you asked me medical equipment like 
this should come with a way to power the device even when power to your 
home or office is out. I'm in the process of addressing this issue with 
the doctor in the hopes of getting a CPAP machine that includes a 
rechargeable battery so it can be operated in the event of a power 
failure. This happened several years ago and it was not pleasant! If 
anyone has used a generator to power medical devices such as this I'd 
like to hear about your experiences. All the best.

Peter Donahue

Star Gazer via Electronics-talk wrote:
> 				Why not get a gennorator? You can get a little one or a whole house one or anything in between.
> We had a whole house gennorator in our last house. It was neat, though we didn't use it as much as we thought, and they don't resell for what you paid for them. They don't even really increase the valueof your house.
> What exactly are you wanting to keep powered up? How often do you loose power, and do you have a critical failure v. an inconvience if it's out for a long time?
> We got a gennorator because we had a sump pump and the house was situated on the lot that somebody could say the word "rain" and the sump pump would go off. We thought about getting a marine backup battery but those only hold a charge for 12 hours. I didn't want a flooded basement (it was a finished basement) so we priced out a whole house gennorator and got one. When the power was out, I was real glad we had it. If we still lived in that house, I'd be real glad we had it. We took the gennorator with us when we moved to a house that didn't have as many power failures as the previous house, nor did it not have a sump pump. It was then that I decided it wasn't as critical as it had once been.
> When we moved a third time, we left the gennorator at that house.
> My point in all this is that the solution you get may be very specific to your house and may not transfer as well as you'd think.
>    
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> I was hoping someone on the list might be able to help me with my energy storage issues for the upcoming potential El Niño event.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of using 9D batteries taped together and using a DC car adapter to charge your cell phone? Will that work? Will it fit in my equipment? Does anybody have any other ideas on how I can keep my electronics going if we have a prolonged power outage?
>
> I'll help is welcome in truly appreciate it.
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