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Had to bow out of a trout fishing/camping weekend because of no way to power my cpap machine. I too need to find a solution maybe here...RoboCop said:Thanks for all of the good information. I to have a CPAP and would love to start camping away from a power source and extension cord.
This is exactly what I did....I put a diode inline to keep the power back feeding to the MC battery, other than that its a straight pigtail with a fuse. Seems to work well and a 9AMPH battery easily lasts one night (no humidifier). I bought the 9AMPH Battery for about $25. A lot less than the commercial Cpap battery setups. yes its heavier but thats not really an issue for me.EricV said:As far as charging a 12v battery for the CPAP, I'm not seeing why you couldn't just have a pig tail off the CPAP battery that you plug into the bike while you're riding. It becomes part of the system and will draw power if it's low, but equalize at the system standard. Sure, you could potentially draw it down if you were loading the bike's electrical system heavily, but that's unlikely for most people.