DeVilbiss IntelliPAP users, help with water tank please

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DeVilbiss IntelliPAP users, help with water tank please

Post by gdgiles » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:50 pm

I'd like to clean the water tank but I don't seem to be able to get it open. Any tips or tricks? I feel like I'm using more force than should be necessary and I don't want to break it. The unit is only about 7 weeks old and even brand new I couldn't get the tank open. It just hinges in half, correct?

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Re: DeVilbiss IntelliPAP users, help with water tank please

Post by gdgiles » Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:59 pm

found a video that answers the question. Never saw the latch to move forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXOuHBwHn7g

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Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:05 pm

Bless those wonderful videos; I found it the same way.

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Post by palerider » Wed Jul 23, 2014 3:50 pm

brought to you by the blair witch school of shakeycam...

last time I uploaded a video to youtube, there was a "do you want us to unshakey that for you?" question... they shoulda said "yes"... or possibly worn a sweather, cuz it looks like the camera person was shivering.

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Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:36 pm

Blair witch--that's cute.
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Post by palerider » Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:55 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:Blair witch--that's cute.
The Web has empowered people with inexpensive equipment and rudimentary cinematography skills,
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Trust not the speaker who is too slick, or the beautifully executed con. (commercials?)
Remember that he who stammers may be telling the truth.
that's all true, but the shakeycamness was starting to give me motionsickness!

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Post by Sir NoddinOff » Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:41 pm

PR S1 humidifiers have a weird little trick to get the lid off the humidifier's lower basin. It's obvious once you know the trick but annoying until you figure it out (or somebody tells you). You have to put your forefinger down into the lid using the outlet hole, then pinch the opposing rim edge of the lid with your thumb... do it firmly and then the lid pops right off.

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Post by palerider » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:15 pm

Sir NoddinOff wrote:PR S1 humidifiers have a weird little trick to get the lid off the humidifier's lower basin. It's obvious once you know the trick but annoying until you figure it out (or somebody tells you). You have to put your forefinger down into the lid using the outlet hole, then pinch the opposing rim edge of the lid with your thumb... do it firmly and then the lid pops right off.
hrm, should this be another minor plus for the resmeds? "non tricky opening humidifier tank"

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Post by physicsbob » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:26 pm

Now that you have it open, to clean mine I use a tooth brush to get into the small channels and corners, with some mild dish soap, and then I put it into the dish washer with the heater turned off in the dry cycle. About every fourth or fifth cleaning I will rinse it with nine parts distilled water, one part white vinegar, and then let dry. I found this helps keep the little "floaties" from forming in the water.

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Post by gdgiles » Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:25 pm

Thanks. I'll be popping mine open soon. No floaties yet.

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Re: DeVilbiss IntelliPAP users, help with water tank please

Post by Sir NoddinOff » Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:27 pm

palerider wrote:
Sir NoddinOff wrote:PR S1 humidifiers have a weird little trick to get the lid off the humidifier's lower basin. It's obvious once you know the trick but annoying until you figure it out (or somebody tells you). You have to put your forefinger down into the lid using the outlet hole, then pinch the opposing rim edge of the lid with your thumb... do it firmly and then the lid pops right off.
hrm, should this be another minor plus for the resmeds? "non tricky opening humidifier tank"
Tell me about it ResMeds have a superior ease of cleaning and filling ability. Love that aspect. However there is one glaringly huge caveat... ResMed machines can't do PR's Classic Mode <search forum for details> (the old style of mega warm humidity). That's kind of a deal breaker for me. Gotta have my equatorial super-heated humid air coming down my hose cuz I'm a mouth breather. Case in point: I literally use a tank and a half of distilled water a night... believe it or not

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Post by palerider » Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:35 pm

Sir NoddinOff wrote: However there is one glaringly huge caveat... ResMed machines can't do PR's Classic Mode <search forum for details> (the old style of mega warm humidity). That's kind of a deal breaker for me. Gotta have my equatorial super-heated humid air coming down my hose cuz I'm a mouth breather. Case in point: I literally use a tank and a half of distilled water a night... believe it or not
interesting, learn something every day neat trick.

but, then, I usually have my humidier in the carrying case in the closet.

not sure I could handle swamphose

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Re: DeVilbiss IntelliPAP users, help with water tank please

Post by gdgiles » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:33 pm

Got the tank open last night. No slime, no floaty things, just distilled water. I let it dry out and filled it back up. I'm sure things will change as the weather does.

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