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Bassplayer Jim

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Reply #25 - May 27^th, 2010 at 9:53am

Brew wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 9:45am:

An E-tank holds 679 liters of compressed O2. At 15 lpm, it will last 45 minutes. At 25 lpm, it will last 27 minutes.

I don't know what they have mine set at, but my doctor prescribed 10lpm, so that would last a bit longer. So, I'd probably get 4 (possibly 5) headaches out a single tank. I'd have used up 2 tanks and be starting my third just since last Thursday night. That would be around 25/30 tanks a month at my current rate of frequency (which is much higher than any of my previous headache cycles over the past 6 years). It seems a bit excessive to me.

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Reply #26 - May 27^th, 2010 at 10:09am

First of all, very few clusterheads can abort an attack in a reasonable amount of time at 10 lpm. You can either get your doc to up the flow rate in his script, or do it yourself.

Second, a concentrator will only put out about 8-10 lpm, and that's after it's been running for 5 minutes or so. Even at that, they never reach a concentration of more than about 90%.

You'd be surprised at the difference in abort time at 15-25 lpm with 100% concentration vs. 8-10 lpm at 90% concentration. Usually less than half the time spent.

The other option is welder's O2. You can either rent or purchase a tank, buy your own regulator and mask, and start aborting your attacks for pennies per attack. Refills on a great big H or M tank, from what I've seen, run $20 to $30.

You are not a slave to your doctor's script. You have options.

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Reply #27 - May 27^th, 2010 at 10:47am

Brew wrote on May 27^th, 2010 at 10:09am:

Thanks, Brew. If I were to go that route...

#1) where does one acquire a regulator (and about what do they cost)?

#2) what is an H or M tank (I have a small tank -- about 11 pounds), where does one acquire them, cost?

#3) who would do the refills if I had my own tank?

Thanks again. While I've been having the headaches for 6 years, all this oxygen stuff is entirely new to me (it will be one week tonight).

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Bassplayer Jim CH.com Junior Offline Posts: 43 Pennsylvania Gender:	Re: Hello. Newbie to board. Reply #29 - May 27^th, 2010 at 11:37am Thanks. I'll check it out.
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