Hi Victor. Your CPAP would probably run off a computer UPS. If you buy a big one and load it lightly it will run for the best part of an hour. You can get them up to a kilowatt for still under 500 dollars. I don't know how things go for you but here when the power goes out it generally stays out for an hour. Rarely does it stay off longer. When it does it may be off for a day.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [email protected] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Opinions on a product > Hi Jim and all, > > I wasn't really thinking of using it for anything major. > > One thing I have a problem with is sleep apnea, and as a result, I have a > CPAP system at night. > > When the electricity goes out, which doesn't happen all that often, thank > goodness, but when it does, I find myself getting no sleep whatsoever > because there's no power on, and my CPAP runs on electricity. > > Another thing I would use it for is for events like the large black out > that > affected the north-eastern part of North America not too many years ago. > > We were lucky because our freezer had sufficient ice build up in it that > it > could go the duration until the power came back up, but should it ever > happen again, I was thinking I could hook it up to one of these little > things and have it running when I needed to keep things frozen or in a > semi > cool state. > > Granted, I realize that I would have to shut it off ever few hours to > re-fill the tank, but at least I would have power, and continuous power > until the lights came on. > > My freezer is an upright freezer, and not a chest freezer, so what ever > cold > air in there that happens to build up just drops right down to the floor > once the freezer door is open. > > Yes, I know, this wasn't my idea to buy it, it was the wife's idea. LOL. > > In any case, Thanks for all your suggestions, and I'll talk it over with > the > wife, and see if she'll go for it. > > I'll present all your opinions to her for closer examination. > > Victor > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > >
