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I don't know if this is a good place to ask this question, but with many of you camping at Clinton I thought maybe...

Do any of you use a CPAP in your tent? If so how do you power it? Can a tent be pitched near a power outlet with a long enough extension cord? I would keep the whole airport awake if I don't use mine (so I've been told). I do have a 12 volt adapter, but wouldn't want to drain my ship battery...

I am not able to attend, Jim, but hopefully you can camp close enough to a power source to address this issue.

I know of 3 out lets on the terminal building that are accessible. The red arrows in the picture are about where they are at... I can look tomorrow when I'm there to see if there are any others. Hope that helps.

I bought a battery pack to use. Charge it during the day and it will last 8 hours for night use to power CPAP. I still have it but don't use it any longer. I am too old to sleep on the ground. It ran me a couple of hundred dollars. You can have to for $100.00 plus shipping. Let me know.

Unfortunately, we do not camp near any of those power receptacles noted in the picture, especially the one by the ramp!

I use a cpap also, but just do without it at Clinton. I know I snore without it, but there is plenty of snoring going on in the tents near me so I don’t feel so bad about contributing to the cacophony.

Ron 20 probably has the best solution if you want to use your cpap.

Hi everyone, thanks for the replies! I didn't think about a battery pack. I have one for cell phone but my airplane partner may have one for the airplane when he travels. Ill check with him first. I've never camped with my airplane before and want to try it. (Hope no one minds that it is a C172 instead of a 150/152????). I'm probably too old for tent camping as well, but should be able to make it for one night.

The pack pack I have is specifcally for CPAPs. I don't think a standard battery pack would last the whole night.

On a slight tangent - visited a friend who is an aeromedical guy last week. We got to talking about blood oxygenation at altitude and he told me of some ongoing research on pilots and a habit some have of breathing too shallowly, which results in low blood Ox. One pilot was fine below 10,000 feet, but in the 10,000-12,000 foot range he had low blood Ox, even with supplemental oxygen.

The doc said that they're looking at using a CPAP instead of supplemental oxygen for some flight at least in the low teens because it forces the pilot to inhale enough oxygen to appropriately oxygenate the blood. There are CPAP units that will run off of the aircraft's power.

This sounds interesting to me as it would also be a way to get the needed oxygen without having to carry around an oxygen tank.

Wondering if anyone else has heard or seen anything on this use of CPAP units?

I know my machine can run off the cigarette lighter, but not sure of the amperage draw on the circuit. I think Ron has a good idea for my needs. Ron, I sent you an email about it. Thanks again

If you're worried about the noise bothering others just get a spot near Poobs. First time I heard that I thought the Eighth Air Force landed and was taxiing back and forth inside the old FBO building.