Resmed setup

[Sleepy Bubba]

I seem to be having trouble getting my Resmed set up , ever since summer came. It seems hard to breathe, and the air seems really hot and stifling. Not sure if I should make some setup changes , because of the humidity in the air in the house. Don't want to do anything drastic, and make it worse. The water doesn't seem to be going down like it was either. (I'm assuming it has to do with the amount of humidity in the air?

thanks

[Pugsy]

Are you using the heated hose or the regular non heated hose?

Water consumption will vary with the ambient room humidity...if the ambient room humidity is already fairly high then there won't be much water used.

[Sleepy Bubba]

I have a heated hose, set to 60 degrees

[Pugsy]

With the heated hose attached the ResMed machine will fall back on whatever humidity setting you have made and will adjust how much moisture it adds to the air based on the ambient air humidity and the setting you have chosen.
Example...the higher the setting the higher the humidity to be delivered and if the ambient humidity isn't far off from the setting you have chosen then it won't need to use much water.

If the air is feeling too warm and too humid you might alter the humidity (make it slightly lower) and lower the temp if you can but I don't know if it will go much lower than 60 degrees and don't forget to take into account the ambient room temp too. The humidifier can't act like an air conditioner and cool the air if the room air is quite a bit warmer.

What is your typical room air temp?
What is your humidity setting?

If it has been raining much in your area that would likely explain lack of much water used. I have my humidifier set to maximum amount to be delivered and when it is raining outside I don't use hardly any water and when things are fairly dry in terms of ambient humidity I might use 1/2 to 3/4 of the chamber and never change the humidity setting or air temp in my heated hose.

Of course it wouldn't be totally impossible for there to be a malfunction in your humidifier system and if it doesn't seem to be responding in a logical manner then perhaps let your equipment supplier know so they could check things out.