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Unfortunately, larger, beefier inverters might actually be less efficient at low power loads and high quality inverter could run the price up to where a 12V Respironics pump looks good.Īs for solar recharging - just remember that the specs will assume full sunlight, no shading, perfect alightment. It might have a noisy fan, and it might not be up to running all night in a harsh environment. Your selected inverter should work, but really run it with a full night test well before you you take it into the the woods. Recently I measured three small inverters including one that looks like your selection (the West unit): More likely, especially for a $20 unit, it will be 50% to 75%. Every inverter spec says "Up to 90% efficient" but that will be only at one load, at one temperature, on a Thursday. This is true for the battery you mention in the first post, which I'm pretty sure is AGM lead-acid. The rule-of-thumb for off-grid users is 50% will give a reasonable long life. Quality batteries come with the discharge depth/cycle count chart - for most lead acid batteries it gets grim below 80% discharge. Most battery techonologies are not forgiving of total discharge, so don't assume you can use all of the power before recharging without damage. A CPAP with 1 Amp draw will use 8 AH a night. Here's ResMed''s guide to power usage:įor this purpose, batteries are rated by Amp-Hours (AH), although its sometimes hard to find the number. Hopefully, your F&P is just as efficient. I don't even bring a humidifer to my boat, and if you're camping anywhere around Atlanta I doubt you'll need it either. But the actual draw is often under 12 Watts (1 Amp) if the humidifier is turned off.
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The Respironics series 60 machines, with the heated hose humidifier comes with an 80 Watt supply without the hose its 60 Watts. First, a bit about power - 75 Watts is actually a fair amount of power. All you would need is a rechargable 12 volt battery for camping. It has 100 watt continuous and 200 watt peak capability and has a USB port to charge my cell phone with. I wonder if this 100 watt modifed sine-wave inverter will work. The humidity would be significantly reduced, but I would probably turn off the humidifier anyway. It claims to only draw 75 watts and is designed for "long-haul air flights and camping".
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My F&P Icon Plus Auto has a "Fight Mode" for "low power consumption". My intention is to use the battery power mainly for camping away from a power source of any kind except maybe a solar trickle charger. The exception are AGM batteries- very nice but expensive. The downside, however, is that deep cycle aren't "maintenance-free" and require watering periodically. "Deep cycle" is the important thing - I use high quality golf cart batteries on my boat, higher quality for half the price. Everyone says it must be "marine," but that just means you could pay more for a cheap battery. Do you want it for one overnight plane ride, where portability is most important? Are you camping, where you need several days of power? Boating or RVing, where weight isn't that important? Home backup where you need it to always be fully charged for an emergency that might last a week? Each situation has a different solution.įor example, for plane travel and hiking you might consider a lithium based battery - 20 Amp-hours and only 5 pounds.įor a lot less money you can setup a large deep cycle battery, but it won't be very portable. It is available from our site sponsor for a few dollars more, but includes a 400 watt inverter:īefore you select a battery, you have to consider the purpose. It is lead-acid, so its heavy - 13 pounds for 14 Amp-Hours of power. This looks like a reasonable battery, but nothing special.
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