The total pressure makes no difference. If it did, the total amount of air on the planet would crush you instantly. Pounds per square inch is what counts. If you get over pressured, you'll know it...and open your mouth. Or the mask will blow off or leak to compensate unless you have it strapped on and sealed up like a leech on your face.
Can I "blow" 6 to 8 PSI? [Golly, I dunno] Does seem high but not dangerous. Ode At 02:05 PM 11/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Do they run that high a pressure? The lungs have a surface wall area of about a >1/2 square foot or so I believe. That would exert around 6900 pounds force on the >lung walls. Seems a bit high to me. > >Marshall > >[email protected] wrote: > >> Dear Marshalee, >> I have sleep apnia also. I have an extra nasal mask that I will send to you >> if you want it. The CPAP machine is an air compressor. You might check with >> some of the engineer types on the list to see if a small "pancake" oilless >> compressor set to 6 - 8 psi. would do the job. They cost $40 and up. Beats >> the price of the CPAP. >> Best Wishes, >> Bruce A >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ >> >> -- >> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> >> Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
