07-29-2017, 12:13 PM
RE: Battery backup for Dreamstation
(07-29-2017, 11:36 AM)justMongo Wrote: One addition -- if it looks like a wire, put a fuse in it.
Specifically, fuse any wire that attaches to the + pole of the battery.
If a short occurs, that battery can put out a lot of current. Melting wire insulation.
Yup. The setup I referenced with both cables on Amazon showed the pos side of the cable from battery as fused.
Some come with that fuse in the line, some in the socket itself. I just looked at what ResMed included in their converter. Line from battery to socket receptacle is unfused, but the cigar plug itself on the converter side was fused. I would prefer the line from battery be fused if only one side ...
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