Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

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Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

Post by kcmike » Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:35 am

I have a new Resmed Airsense 10 and ClimateLineAir heated tubing. I have rainout every night.
We have the thermostat set at 65 degrees at night. I have the machine on Auto settings. I have tried it with a tube cover and without. The user guide says in auto settings the humidity is 85% and the tube air is 80 degrees. My unit is set 4 inches off the floor and we have a 30" high bed.
What do you suggest I do to stop the rainout.

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Re: Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

Post by Pugsy » Tue Mar 14, 2017 7:43 am

Is the condensation in the mask or hose or both?
If the mask....which mask do you use?

Probably need to take it off "auto" so you can get warmer hose air temp.

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Re: Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

Post by kcmike » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:09 am

I use Resmed nasal pillows, Swift LT. It has an unheated hose of about 6" that connects it to the heated hose.

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Re: Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

Post by kcmike » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:12 am

The rainout is in the nasal pillows, only. Of course, when it builds up it causes me to wake up and have to shake it out, waking up my husband.

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Re: Rainout with Resmed AirSense 10 and heated tubing

Post by Pugsy » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:20 am

Condensation in the mask and/or short hose when using a nasal pillow mask is not all that uncommon.
The warm air in the hose starts cooling off as soon as it leaves the long heated hose.
We have moisture in our own exhaled breath. So between the moisture in our own breath and the moisture incoming from the humidifier we can get condensation in the nasal pillows or that short hose because the ambient bedroom temp cools the air off in the hose or nasal pillows to the point that the air can't hold onto the moisture and the result is condensation in the mask or short hose or both.

See posts #2 and #3 in this thread for various options on how to limit this annoyance.
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You have several options..
Go to manual on the heated hose and humidity and use warmer than 80 degrees or less humidity from the humidifier but the less humidity thing might not work so great if the moisture is mainly from the exhaled breath. I know people not using a humidifier at all who get moisture/condensation in nasal pillows from the moisture in their own exhaled breath.
Warm up the ambient bedroom temp.
Put a hose cozy on the short hose in hopes of keeping the air warmer longer so it doesn't cool off at the mask.
Put a barrel cozy on the nasal pillow...check out padacheek.com for barrel cozies.

If you like everything the way it is...if it were me I would try the Padacheek barrel cozy...I personally have tried them and they do work and they feel like silk against the nose. I like them so much that I sometimes have used them even when I didn't have to just for the comfort against the skin.

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