My cpap is making grinding noises. What do I do?

[Hoser]

Every once in a while, I wake up and hear my machine making strange grinding like noises. Do I need to lubricate it?

[DHix]

It sounds like it may need some work. If it is less than 2 years old, I bet your cpap is covered under warranty. Call the people you bought it from to see if they can help.

Good Luck

[Titrator]

I would send your unit off for service. A cpap machine isn't supposed to make a grinding sound. I wouldn't use it until it was either repaired or replaced, you never know if the thing will catch fire.

I have never heard of lubricating a cpap machine. That doesn't mean that you aren't supposed to do it, but I haven't seen it in the manual of a cpap to do that. Perhaps that is something that a service person would do?

Anyway, call or take your unit to the person you bought it from and start the process. I once sent a heated humidifier off to Respironics and it was about 3 weeks until I got it back. The gal at the DME told me that the time frame was the norm.

Best wishes,

T

[SeniorSam67]

Hey-I had that happen once. My machine was about 6 years old-gottn on fine with it. That grinding noise and hi pitched whine at the same time. I went back to the people I got it from and they sent it back to the manufacturer for repair. It was out of warranty, so I had to pay, but all was well after that.

The machine made the noise and I had to be without it for about 3 weeks-torture. So, like my medications and my glasses, I have a second machine-a back up, just in case for next time. You know, it was a good investment to have the second machine, and since my insurance would not pay for the second one, I found a great internet site with wonderful prices. I got my old RX and placed the order. What a lifesaver to have the second machine and it was really easy ordering it.

Think about getting a second machine.
Sam

[SleepingUgly]

Ouch, I hate it when anything I own makes a grinding noise, except a grinder..

I bought a backup machine recently. I got the Puritan Bennett 420g. It is very small, and great for weekend travel. I bought it at cpap.com. It was well under $350. What a steal. I think my old machine cost like $1500 on the insurance statement.

It is so quiet that I now use it as my main machine and my old Respironics unit is the backup machine.

[hoser]

Thank you all for the information. My Remstar did not turn on two weeks ago and my DME replaced it with a Fisherpayel. It is very quiet. I should have got a new one llong ago.

[Yoga]

Hoser,

Did you by any chance have the Respironics Remstar with C-flex?

If you did, was it any easier to breathe with the Remstar than with the Fisher & Paykel? Which do you like better?