Is my CPAP machine getting matoor

[JayR_1945]

My >5 year old CPAP machine (REMstar auto M series A-flex) is making a disturbing "whine" sound. It changes pitch when I inhale. It sounds as loud as an electric drill. Often it does not shut off after I wake up in the morning. But there are no error codes, and the output from the Encore Viewer look OK.

I've also discovered that I am also a serious mouth breather. I can't tell if this has been happening all along, or something new. I've been pretty deaf, but my hearing has improved somewhat recently.

I'd like to know if this an indication of impending doom for my machine, ...or are they all noisy like this?

[Pugsy]

Do you have a backup machine? If not....you might be thinking about getting one.
That noise is usually a sign of something bad happening inside the machine.

If you have insurance you might check with your DME to see what all you need to just have insurance pay for a new machine because this one is ailing.

Or if you don't have insurance you might start looking for a replacement machine to have when this one fails.

It could probably be repaired if you wanted to spend the money on it but the repair is going to cost more than the machine is worth (probably at a minimum of 200 and likely much more)...and you might as well put that money towards a new machine and not be without a machine (sending your ailing one in for repair would leave you without a machine unless you already have a spare).

[bwexler]

I don't now what MATOOR means, but it sounds like your machine may be suggesting you should look into a newer more up to date replacement.
There are folks on this forum who still use machines like yours and even older and swear by them. When mine start talking to me i will more likely swear at them.

[LSAT]

I don't now what MATOOR means, but it sounds like your machine may be suggesting you should look into a newer more up to date replacement.
There are folks on this forum who still use machines like yours and even older and swear by them. When mine start talking to me i will more likely swear at them.

Matoor might mean mature ?

[chunkyfrog]

More than likely, like the character that uses "yew" like it's not a tree.

[Wulfman...]

My >5 year old CPAP machine (REMstar auto M series A-flex) is making a disturbing "whine" sound. It changes pitch when I inhale. It sounds as loud as an electric drill. Often it does not shut off after I wake up in the morning. But there are no error codes, and the output from the Encore Viewer look OK.

I've also discovered that I am also a serious mouth breather. I can't tell if this has been happening all along, or something new. I've been pretty deaf, but my hearing has improved somewhat recently.

I'd like to know if this an indication of impending doom for my machine, ...or are they all noisy like this?

Yeah. If/when they start making sounds/noises that they haven't before, it's a "warning sign" that you'd better be doing something about finding another one pretty soon.
But, having those warning signs is better than it quitting all together during the night.


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