Lost power last night.

[ozze_dollar]

I woke about 4 am and I thought my machine was a bit quiet so I sucked some air and still nothing happened. I guess I was only half awake. Finally I pulled the hose off the mask and ...no noise..the things not working. I went to turn on the side lamp and nothing. We have no power. I have no idea how long I sucked air on my own but perhaps not too long as I could hear some alarms going off in the distance indicating it had only just happened. Well I took off the mask and tried to go back to sleep and I just couldnt..I am now so used to the mask I cant sleep without it.

So the machine has no backup battery ,not even a small one for an alarm.Now I know I wont have a real problem if the machine stops working for any reason.Anyway after a couple of hours the power came back on and I was able to re fit the mask and go back to sleep.

[moresleep]

I tend to agree that if the Cpap goes off, a reasonably-normal person will wake up before dying of CO2 buildup. But, to add some extra insurance, you can buy a battery-operated alarm ($20 or so) that plugs into a wall socket; when the power goes off, the alarm goes on and wakes you up. Also, remember that you wake up much easier from some points in the sleep stage cycle than others.

[LSAT]

I tend to agree that if the Cpap goes off, a reasonably-normal person will wake up before dying of CO2 buildup. But, to add some extra insurance, you can buy a battery-operated alarm ($20 or so) that plugs into a wall socket; when the power goes off, the alarm goes on and wakes you up. Also, remember that you wake up much easier from some points in the sleep stage cycle than others.

You really won't die of CO2 buildup...If you are using a nasal mask, you will open your mouth. If it is a FF mask, there is an antiasphyxia (sp?) valve.

[Pugsy]

I had the power fail the very first night I taped. I use nasal pillow mask. There is some air movement and when I woke up to realize what had happened I really wasn't in any distress. It was more like "why is it so quiet" thing. Don't know how long I had been breathing with no power. Probably not long. Though I did experiment one time to see how long I could breathe through my nose with mask on and machine off with mouth shut. Got bored after 10 minutes and quit. No distress. While not particularly easy, it was far from impossible to do. For those concerned or who live in area of frequent power failures, a power alarm would offer peach of mind if that is needed with or without taping or with or without full face mask.

[nanwilson]

Got my machine April 13/2010, power went out at 11pm April 14 and stayed out for 14 hours, next day same thing but it was out for 10 hours. Next day I drove to the city and bought a battery and inverter..........power has not gone out since

[jonnybee]

I tend to agree that if the Cpap goes off, a reasonably-normal person will wake up before dying of CO2 buildup. But, to add some extra insurance, you can buy a battery-operated alarm ($20 or so) that plugs into a wall socket; when the power goes off, the alarm goes on and wakes you up. Also, remember that you wake up much easier from some points in the sleep stage cycle than others.

I just ordered an alarm from Amazon.com. The most frequent complaint from purchasers is that the alarm is not very loud on this unit. I plan to use an extension cord and mount it on my headboard so that shouldn't be a problem for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Controls ... B000IF8QDK

[LinkC]

I've had power go off a few times in the night. Our security system chirps when that happens, so it usually wakes me up. Most of our outages are 30 secs or less, so I usually just breathe thru the dead machine until the power comes back and the machine auto-starts. No biggie.

[DoriC]

I tend to agree that if the Cpap goes off, a reasonably-normal person will wake up before dying of CO2 buildup. But, to add some extra insurance, you can buy a battery-operated alarm ($20 or so) that plugs into a wall socket; when the power goes off, the alarm goes on and wakes you up. Also, remember that you wake up much easier from some points in the sleep stage cycle than others.

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/relian ... light.html.

This has worked great for me several times, the beeping is certainly loud enough to wake me up when the power goes off and it has a handy little flashlight too.