Humidifier water temperature

When I turn off my Resmed Cpap and H-1 humidifier in the morning, the water is cold. Should it not be warm if it is working correctly. I am a new user and this is my first post
Thanks
G

I don't think there is a H-1 humidifier. Please check your equipment and list it in your Control Panel.

It will be helpful if you post your equipment. There's a link in my signature block on how to do that.

Depending on the age of your CPAP machine, the humidifier from ResMed is either a H5 or a H4.

When you get your equipment posted, could you re-post to include the humidifier setting as well as the approximate room temperature.

With that information perhaps those with the same or similar equipment can help.

Hornet wrote:When I turn off my Resmed Cpap and H-1 humidifier in the morning, the water is cold. Should it not be warm if it is working correctly. I am a new user and this is my first post
Thanks
G

That all depends.......

Are you referring to the H2 Respironics standalone heated humidifier?

http : // www . cpap . com/productpage/respironics-h2-heated-humidifier-with-hose . html

Copy, paste and take out the spaces for the link to work.

I've never heard of an H1, but if it's old enough, it might have been a predecessor to the H2.

And, since you're a "new" user, it wouldn't seem logical that you'd have equipment that old, unless you got it outside of the normal equipment distribution channels (aka DME or online sellers). If you DID get it through a DME, you might want to check with them. Something seems a little strange with your equipment.

Please verify what you have and fill in your profile or provide links to the equipment you have.


Den

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Welcome! Most likely its the Resmed H5i heated humidifier. It depends on a lot, including your temperature setting (and humidity setting if running it in Manual mode), ambient temperature & humidity, etc. First, you should ensure that the humidifer (and Climateline heated hose if you have one) is selected to be used. You likely have a menu for temperature (60-86 deg F) available on the home screen; make sure this is set to a higher temperature, and not to a low one or turned off. It never gets hot, but can get a bit warm. Under certain settings and conditions it may use very little heat and water. However, to check if it is working (heating up), I'd go into the Clinic Menu and select the Manual Mode for heat & humidification.

Usually the tech chooses the Auto mode where you only select the temperature and it maintains a constant 80% humidity (which is supposed to reduce rainout, but they include the Manual mode as some folks need more or less humidity). The Manual mode has both temperature and humidity selection (1-6 where 6 is max). Select the max temperature & humidity, turn the unit on, and check after a few minutes to see that it is warm to the touch. I too was surprised how little the unit heats up and how little water it uses, even at max temperature & humidity for 10 hours, so I did this to assuage my fears of a malfunction.

Here is how to enter the Clinic menu: http://www.apneaboard.com/resmed-s9-cpap-setup It also shows where under the second menu there is a "Climate Cntrl" which can be set to "Patient", which will allow you to switch between the Manual and Auto modes without entering the Clinic Menu. Best wishes.

Hornet wrote:Should it not be warm if it is working correctly.

In the normal course events a heated humidifier doesn't get hot, so whether you find it cold or warm is going to be matter of the ambient temperature and your specific setttings on your CPAP kit.

It is not reasonable to expect it to always be noticeably warm