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Sleepless
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Topic: 12V outlets wanted Posted: 30 Sep 2013 at 4:57pm |
Originally posted by TerryM
Been gone for awhile. My CPAP runs on 12DC supplied by the little gray inline box. It changes 120v AC to 12DC. The box says 12v @5.0 amps.
The CPAP says 12v @ 5.0 amps. Interesting! The humidifier doesn't say anything about power consumption! Terry
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Terry, my CPAP is old, and runs only on 120VAC. The humidifier is built into my CPAP and is always enabled, even if I don't have the container of distilled water mounted on it. I bet yours is the same and the 5.0 amp draw includes the humidifier power requirement. Bob
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Hylandspirit
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Posted: 30 Sep 2013 at 5:38pm |
As my husband says he is "a mechanical idiot." So we had the dealer install two 12v outlets. They put one above the bed tapping into the entertain center. The other was placed Blythe front door, since the fuse/breaker box is there.
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Posted: 01 Oct 2013 at 10:36am |
Originally posted by Sleepless
Originally posted by TerryM
Been gone for awhile. My CPAP runs on 12DC supplied by the little gray inline box. It changes 120v AC to 12DC. The box says 12v @5.0 amps.
The CPAP says 12v @ 5.0 amps. Interesting! The humidifier doesn't say anything about power consumption! Terry
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Terry, my CPAP is old, and runs only on 120VAC. The humidifier is built into my CPAP and is always enabled, even if I don't have the container of distilled water mounted on it. I bet yours is the same and the 5.0 amp draw includes the humidifier power requirement.
Bob
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Not necessarily ... mine are separate components and each has it's own power rating listed on it.
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Sleepless
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Posted: 01 Oct 2013 at 12:53pm |
As I said, my CPAP is old, going back to 2000. I lost weight several years ago and was able to put in into mothballs. I am sure the newer CPAP W/humidifiers have been improved, but I was not aware that they are now separate units. Thanks for the updated information.
Bob
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TerryM
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Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 3:33pm |
I checked mine this morning and with the humidifier it was using 0.70amps. Surprised me. Just an update.
Terry
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Posted: 07 Oct 2013 at 5:36pm |
We boondocked one night this weekend. Monitor said we used less than 25% of 2x deep cycle batteries. 32ยบ low temp. We ran 2x C PAPs all night, on their 12V plugs via a splitter via direct extension cord to battery (NO humidifiers). Brewed 2 cups coffee in 12V drip maker (slow and plug got VERY hot - not recommended). Ran some lights for several hours. Ran the heater a couple times. We were pleasantly surprised!
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