NEW Version Portable Outlet X9 Battery for All CPAP And BiPAP Machines

1) Turn OFF the Heated Tube, or replace it with a non-heated tube: Heated tubes were developed to stop re-condensation from occurring in a CPAP Tube. This sometimes happens in cold bedrooms, where the warm moist air will turn into water droplets inside the 6′ length of tube from the CPAP Heated Humidifier to the CPAP Mask. Because most insurance companies cover the cost for a Heated Tube, providers will usually include a Heated Tube with the CPAP device, but a Heated Tube may not be necessary. Most CPAP users have a standard tube and do not experience tube “rain-out”.

The use of a heated tube in the CPAP or BiPAPs “Auto” or “Climate Control” heat settings can raise the tube temperature and heated humidifier to the maximum levels. This is an additional use of power and will drain your CPAP battery faster.

The easiest solutions are to:
– Turn OFF the Heated Tube, or
– Replace the Heated Tube with a Standard Tube

2)  Turn down, turn OFF, or REMOVE the Heated Humidifier: Heated Humidifiers add moisture to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, but they are not always necessary. The best way to maximize battery life is to turn down, turn off, or remove the heated humidifier. Many CPAP patients do not need heated humidification in situations that they are using a CPAP Battery. In many cases they do not need Heated Humidification and still sleep comfortably:
– By just adding water without the heat turned on or with the heat at a low level
– When they are using a Full Face Mask
– When they are sleeping outside, or camping
– When they are on an airplane
– When they are sleeping in an environment without air conditioning, or with the heat or a/c turned off

Since about 2005, the most popular brands of CPAP and BiPAP have sold with optional integrated humidifiers. However most CPAP users have never tried to sleep without using a humidifier. Prior to 2005 most CPAP patients used their therapy without heated humidification. Some have been using CPAP without humidification simply because at one time or another their CPAP ran out of water, they did not refill their humidifier and they realized they do not need heated humidification.  Either way, you will maximize battery life by turning off the heat or lowering the temperature setting on your heated humidifier.

3) Fix mask leaks: One of our top resellers had a patient who went from only a few hours sleep, to a full 8 hours sleep on their Portable Outlet by simply changing their mask. The device and accompanying app did not show a leak. The patient never realized that they had a mask leak. But the waveform data reports showed that the patient was having massive leaks above 20L/Minute. Most CPAPs, AutoCPAPs and Bi-Level PAPs compensate for mask leaks by increasing pressure. This sometimes leads to rapid loss of humidifier water. But the increased pressure that compensates for leaks can unnecessarily drain your battery life. By replacing your leaking CPAP mask or possibly changing a nasal or nasal pillow mask to a full face mask, you can stop mask leaks and achieve better battery life.

4) When possible, lower or turn off pressure dropping modes (C-Flex or EPR): In addition to turning off the heated tube and heated humidifier, turning off the C-Flex or EPR will extend battery life. The use of the EPR (Exhale Pressure Relief), drops the pressure on exhalation as much as 3cmH20 (from 14cmH20 to 11cmh20). That shifting of pressure from 14cmH20 to 11cmH20 on every breath (on average about 14 breaths per minute) would happen about 840 times an hour, over 6,000 times in a 8 hour period. Again, the shifting from inspiratory pressure to expiratory pressure, nearly a thousand times an hour, will also drain the battery faster than without using C-Flex of EPR.

Consult your prescribing physician about lowering or turning off your C-Flex or EPR to extend battery life.