Heated Hose????

Sleeping With The Enemy · Post by **Sleeping With The Enemy** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:59 am

What is a heated hose and how does it work? What are the benefits?

Last night I got rained out!

dwells2 · Post by **dwells2** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:21 am

It's a delivery tube (goes from humidifier to interface) that is heated to keep humidifier moisture from condensing in tube and mask (rainout).

I have one and it is great. I bought mine from http://www.sleepzone.com.au for $89 US.

Sleeping With The Enemy · Post by **Sleeping With The Enemy** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:10 am

Is this something that insurance would pay for?

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:04 am

Heidi,

Your insurance probably won't pay for it, but I wouldn't let that stop you from getting one. As far as I'm concerned every heated humidifier should come with one. In fact Fisher & Paykel is coming out with a new cpap/humidifier combo unit that has a heated hose. I think the folks at cpap.com are hoping it will be able to be purchased seperately and sold to go with other machines. That would be great.

dankazoo · Post by **dankazoo** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:01 pm

Heidi-
I have a heated hose which I use religiously. However, on Monday I had it packed from a trip and used a regular hose. I found myself blowing bubbles in my Activa. On Tuesday, I went back to the heated hose and everything was dry (except the humidified air). I really recommend it for northern states in particular.
Dan

meister · Post by **meister** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:28 pm

with that heated snake slithering around?

Liam1965 · Post by **Liam1965** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:43 am

meister wrote:with that heated snake slithering around?

Hmmmm. I live in NH, and I'm wondering, when it gets REALLY cold....

Nah, bad visual. Bad.

Bad Liam, no biscuit.

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:03 pm

Well I am hoping to have mine soon...

I was thinking of using a lower voltage (or maybe even a variable voltage) supply to be able to regulate the heat. (It is just a piece of enameled wire, so lower voltage should = less heat) Only reason for this is that with my asthma, sometimes heated air can be irritating...

Anyone try this?

Titrator · Post by **Titrator** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:20 pm

I have the heated hose myself. It really works.

What I find interesting is that it isn't a hot hose, you can barely tell it is heated. it completely knocks out rainout.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:51 pm

What Ted (Titrator) said is true - you can barely feel the warmth with your hand. I keep my heated hose plugged in all the time, 24/7. The only time I unplug it is if there's a thunderstorm. I don't know whether it's a good idea to keep it plugged in continuously - I guess I just have a feeling that the fewer times the wire has to cool off and then reheat, the longer it might last. Anyway, I leave it plugged in.

There've been times during the day that I've put my hand various places on it and felt no warmth at all. Made me wonder if it was even still plugged in. At night, with the heated humdifier on and the autopap going, I feel just the slightest amount of warmth on the outside cover of the hose. It doesn't take much heat at all to keep the inside of the hose warm enough to prevent condensation. The heated hose is definitely never hot. Like in the story of the Three Little Bears, it's "just right".

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