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   Another option would be a transcend mini CPAP with a battery pack and foldable solar charger available on secondwindcpap.

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Jholler Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Topic: solar??? Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 12:49pm
	Another option would be a transcend mini CPAP with a battery pack and foldable solar charger available on secondwindcpap.
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EchoGale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 461	Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 1:30pm
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Ginch Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 Apr 2019 Location: AR Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:36am
	Does not need to be $$Zamp$$$ I have a $20 10 watt solar I plug in and being conservative with lights we’ve boondocked over a week and kept a charge.

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:58am
	Certainly you don't need to buy any particular brand. But, it is good to be realisitic about what can be run from a small solar module. A 10 watt module will only produce about 0.5 amp under full sun conditions, or about 2-3 amphours a day on a good day. That likely won't even maintain an rPod's battery supplying the typical parasitic loads in the trailer over the long term. OTOH, if you start out with a fully charged battery and are conservative you can go many days without needing to recharge at all, in which case having a charging source while boondocking might be uneccesary. It depends on what you want to be able to run in your trailer,the led lights are usually the smallest load. The furnace, fantastic fan, TV, etc are much more significant.
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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587	Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:00am
	I've never used a CPAP so don't know much about them. What I do know, which comes from fixing a polarity problem in a friends, is that he has a CPAP machine that runs on 12vdc and plugs into a standard 12 "cigarette" lighter plug. It has a little transformer to run on 120vac. He uses it without problem in his RV (sadly not a Pod) all the time. He has 2 6v golf cart batteries that power the RV. One thing I discovered when I was trying to fix it was that it doesn't like to run when the generator is turned on. There was too much electric noise for the sensitive electronics.
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Jeepinator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 08 Sep 2017 Location: Seacoast NH Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 09 Apr 2019 at 8:09pm
	I have a Resmed Airsense and I purchased a 12 volt power supply for it and installed a 12 volt power outlet next to our bed. If I run it without the vaporizer it doesn’t use that much power. You might consider upgrading to two batteries; either Lithium or 6 Volt Golf Cart. The second one will fit on the tongue. You’ll probably have to replace your current battery as they have to be the same type and age. Depending on your other power use, they would power the CPAP for the weekend Beyond that, you could plug in a portable 100 Watt solar panel with integrated controller to your Zamp connector. You will need a polarity reverser at the Zamp connector and MC4 connectors/adapters (some minor wiring required to install MC4 connectors). I can be more specific but I don’t want to get all techno weenie.
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Jholler Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 99	Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 8:45am
	That's a good point, if you have a heated humidifier your CPAP will draw a LOT more power than running without the humidifier.
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