Cpap and camping

[rightlaneonly]

I know this subject has been discussed here before but honestly most of this is over my head so I'm looking for a simplistic answer if that's even possible. DW has a Phillips IP22 Cpap. 12v 6.6 a. Uses it at home plugged into house current (110). We want to take it camping but not sure how it will work on an inverter. I have two. One is an Xpower Micro Inverter 400 watt and the other is a Vector VECO62 700 watt. either one would be plugged into a 12 volt outlet in the trailer. Trailer uses one group 27 deep cycle battery. Now what I want/need to know in layman's terms, will either one of these work and will the battery last through the night. I can recharge during the day with either a solar panel or a generator. I'm not good at all with electricity and the technical stuff just boggles my mind. With that said please be gentle and offer what you can in simple terms.
Greatly appreciate your input.
Lee.

[ktmrfs]

Mel B. wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
If my insurance tried to pawn off a 24 volt machine on me, my response would be simple the sole use of a two-letter word.

X2 never heard of a 24v Cpap, But I guess I haven't heard of everything?:@
Mel

many or all resemed's are 24V. frankly, I don't really care that it is 24V or not. It's a fantastic CPAP, I like it way more than the respironics it replaced. smaller, lighter, more adaptable to my needs, and solved some dry mouth problems the respironics never could.

So, yes it needs a 12-24V dc-dc converter to run off 12VDC. In many cases insurance will cover that, mine did, but even if it didn't, it's less than $50 for one. I'll gladly pay the $50 since I like the resmed way more than the respironics.

Why it is 24V rather than 12V is a mystery to me, and sure, if it was 12V it would be nicer, but since either way to run of DC they plug into a 12V cig lighter outlet, no big deal for me.

[Mel_B_]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
If my insurance tried to pawn off a 24 volt machine on me, my response would be simple the sole use of a two-letter word.

X2 never heard of a 24v Cpap, But I guess I haven't heard of everything?:@
Mel

[MEXICOWANDERER]

If my insurance tried to pawn off a 24 volt machine on me, my response would be simple the sole use of a two-letter word.

[Mel_B_]

Larryect wrote:
Some use 24v DC and need a converter.

I've been using a C-pap machine since I was 32 I'm 56 now My insurance gives me a new machine every two years. I've sold some old ones on ebay and I have 4-or 5 machines in the closet. I've had so many brands I can't count. But they all worked like I said in my earlier post. 120v ac to 12vdc you simply unplug the 2' or so of the 2 prong 120vac cord and plug in a 12 volt power cord from amazon. And choose any one of many ways to use it in the RV. I bought mine years ago on Amazon it's been through 3 5th wheels and I'm not sure how many C-pap machines, and is still in my RV just in case I have an issiue with my inverter, and have to power it off the 12vdc again. Since adding solar I plug it in at night like I was home.
Mel

[Larryect]

Some use 24v DC and need a converter.

[Mel_B_]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
DW has a Phillips IP22 Cpap. 12v 6.6 a

Now, pray tell - why would a voltage converter be necessary to convert twelve volts to twelve volts?

A C-PAP machine has a 120v plug that you plug in and in the middle of the cord is a box that converts it to 12v DC, it's a safty feature. So you don't have the possibilty of being electrocuted with the MASK on your face. So any C-Pap can be rigged up in a RV about 20 different ways. Very easy.
Mel

[Mel_B_]

Bumpyroad wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Perhaps I assume incorrectly...

CPaps are used in a bedroom. receptacles are common. Are DC cigarette lighter receptacles now common in RV bedrooms?
.

I don't know about "now" but IIRC my motor homes all had the 12 volt outlet in the area where the rear bedroom TV was to go.
bumpy

My last two 5th wheel trailers each had them in the bedroom but they were a 1996 and a 1997 now my 2004 Montana does not.
Mel

[MEXICOWANDERER]

DW has a Phillips IP22 Cpap. 12v 6.6 a

Now, pray tell - why would a voltage converter be necessary to convert twelve volts to twelve volts?

[pnichols]

We don't have a 12V receptacle in the bedroom area, but there is 12V wiring runnning in the walls around the bedroom area - a hot lead in the wall at the head of the bed running to our outside shower's remote water pump switch, and a hot lead in the wall at the foot of the bed running to our outside entertainment center's outside 12V receptacle.

I'm too lazy to tap into these though ... why do it ... plus then have to buy an expensive voltage converter brick for the CPAP. Instead we just do what I mentioned earlier - string an extension cord to the bedroom area from our small pure sine wave inverter that we already have for other things.

K.I.S.S. really does make life easier at times.

[PatrickA51]

My RV has a 12v dc Plug on the shelf where the idiot box (television) goes, and there is also a 12v dc plug above the bed in the bedroom.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Thank you Bumpyroad. I delight in reading that.

[Bumpyroad]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Perhaps I assume incorrectly...

CPaps are used in a bedroom. receptacles are common. Are DC cigarette lighter receptacles now common in RV bedrooms?
.

I don't know about "now" but IIRC my motor homes all had the 12 volt outlet in the area where the rear bedroom TV was to go.
bumpy

[Stefonius]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Perhaps I assume incorrectly...

CPaps are used in a bedroom. receptacles are common. Are DC cigarette lighter receptacles now common in RV bedrooms?

Not in my rig. Fortunately, the bedroom is over the battery compartment, and it was a fairly simple matter to add a 12v receptacle under the front of the bed with 10 gauge wire and an inline fuse holder, wired right into the load side of the main battery disconnect switch.

[Mel_B_]

RSD559 wrote:
The 12v cord for my CPAP is like $150. Pretty ridiculous. The 12v plug in my trailer can't handle the portable inverter that I have. It draws too much power when running the CPAP. So I have a spare deep cycle battery that I put in the pass through and run the 110v plug through the laundry chute access. I plug it into the portable inverter in the pass through. The cycling fan of the inverter doesn't bother me any more. And I've never drained the battery to where it stops the CPAP.

I had this problem two. Just cut the cigarette lighter plug off and install two battery clamps like on jumper cables, but a little smaller. then just run to your battery and clamp them on and your set. I ran mine that way for years. now I run it off my solar. Amazon like $40
Mel

[ronday]

I use the Res Med Air Sense 10 CPAP. I had to buy a Res Med 90w DC converter IP22 to power the CPAP on 12 volts (Amazon). The reason being the Air Sense 10 reqiures 24 volts. Works fine on my 12 volt batteries when dry camping. Don't ask me why we would bring a 24 volt machine into the US from Australia. Ron