Can it be used permanently in the home to automatically switch to battery when the power goes out, without reducing the lifetime of the battery?
1820101
Assuming this is the same product as the one in this link http://www.cpap.com/productpage/c-100-travel-cpap-battery-pack-s9.html, then see para: Set As Battery Backup under Features. If same product (which it appears to be), then - Yes - it should be able to be used as a UPS, but it still reduces lifetime of battery expected 4-500 recharges, so budget for a new battery every 18 months or so if used in that fashion.
1820102
It's not possible to plug the CPAP in while the battery pack is plugged in. Included with the battery pack is a charger that plugs into the wall of course and the other end has a "cigarette lighter" plug that's fits in the battery pack so it can charge. To plug the CPAP in you unplug the charger and plug a cigarette lighter plug into the same slot - that plug has on its other end the plug the feed into the CPAP. Hope that's clear?
1691796
Ofcourse Yes. That is what I do. I am always connected to power because the battery is very poor
579689
I keep mine in the outlet charging all the time, so if there is a power outage, it will go on automatically for you, and no fumbling for a light.
1920763
It's not a momentary solution. Power stays on until YOU decide to "unclick" it. It is an awesome lil gadget. I totally recommend it.
2121583
No, unless you can convert battery to AC. :) Still not sure how long that will lasts if you want to run it 24/7
786934
yes, but make you use the switch and set it to the corectvtype of battery your using or you'll screwcup the radio permanantly.
334916
No, it is to be used only for replacing a bath fan switch or solely as a timer switch if you want to have power run to a switched outlet and have it turn off after so many minutes.
1065656
Out of habit, I turn off the power. I have not tried to determine if it has an automatic time-out feature. I suspect that it doesn't.
2149585
No. The unit is powered from a permanently sealed battery with 10 year life and cannot use external power, so there would be no point in doing so.
1171374
Sure, but be for warned my switch comes on by itself which means the batteries are always dead.
126190
NO! The use on the battery is so low its not needed. I just turn it off when I leave home for an extended period of time.
2231759
I believe not. You may pause it for a time, for how long I am not sure. Once power is turned off then you have start from the beginning. I researched this question and found no documentation that supports auto-resume. I had and acquaintance years ago that had a Sony and a Phillips portable CD players that would resume where they were when power was cut and then restarted, I always thought that the were malfunctioning. I did not have access to relevant documentation at that time.
1403224
No. It has to be manually turned on and off. It will probably run out of power and cut itself off and come back on if it were charged back up.
703085
No..once you put the cover down, it automatically turn the switch to off....i think for safety purposes not to drain your battery or any power....hope this will help!
783016
Maybe. One of the nicest features of this timer is that it comes preprogrammed out of the box to go on at sunset and off at 11pm(?). I found that cycle perfect so didn't need to program. Assume if the power goes out the default setting will always be there but not sure if you were to change the default. My guess would be yes based on experience with other similar ones but not sure.
1199906
i guess if you want to be absolutley safe about it, you could install a circuit breaker. i run my direct off the battery, works fine.
1582288
Yes you are correct in your assumption that it always consumes some power unless the switch is turned off.