question about humidifier

wkosturko · Post by **wkosturko** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:13 pm

Seems like water usage in my humidifier varies greatly. 1 night it barely uses any water, while the next night it runs almost empty. I do not change the setting on the heat, and I seem to have a normal sleeping pattern. Do you think there is a problem, or is this normal.

socknitster · Post by **socknitster** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:22 pm

Personally, I would guess this is a problem. My water use is very, very consistent. I notice this because I have mine set at max (5) and it is nearly gone every morning. If I happen to get in 10 hours of sleep on the weekend it IS gone. But if I'm sleeping the same amount, the same amount is always there in the morning.

I would contact whomever you got it from and ask for a replacement. I don't know what the warranty is on these things, but i'm guessing it is 3 years.

jen

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:27 pm

Might be caused by mouth breathing causing extra air volume being used, or mask leakage, do you have a means to check this, like the applicabilities to check this, software, reader,
Ed

socknitster · Post by **socknitster** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:44 pm

Good point, Hurricane. I forgot about that--if my tape is forgotten or comes off (rare now) this uses more water. If you wear nasal-only you might wish to address mouth leaks.

jen

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:52 pm

You can bet on mouthleaking, the extra moisture goes out of your mouth along with your treatment pressure. Jim

wkosturko · Post by **wkosturko** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:22 pm

No my machine did not come with smart card. Just the standard LCD info.

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:34 pm

socknitster, just for your information and acording to Respironics, the CPAP has a 2 year warranty, the humidifier has only 1 year and the humidifier chamber has only a 90 day warranty.

roncron · Post by **roncron** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:04 pm

wkosturko,

Like you, I have a Respironics M series cpap with integrated humidifier. Mine uses almost exactly the same amount of water every night.

I'm a relative cpap newbie, but it's hard for me to imagine that mouth breathing some nights and not others would fully account for the variation in your humidifier's water usage.

I guess better safe than sorry - get a humidifier exchange under the warranty while you still can.

Good luck to you!