Newbie with Rainout

[ISnoreIi]

First off I want to congratulate the administrators of this form and to thank all those who answer the questions being posted. I have spent a few days reading through the posts and have learned a lot. The gal at my sleep lab was impressed by my educated questions I had for her the other day.
I have been diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. And some pretty loud snoring goes along with that.
My first night using the cpap machine was a total success. My husband had the best sleep in like forever. I also slept well and felt rested and ready to go the next day.
Night two didn't go quite so well. POP POP POP my husband yelled "what the hell was that?" The cat who had been sleeping at my feet was 3 feet in the air and did not come back down in a gentle landing. Me, forgetting that I had this tube blowing air down my nasal passages, tried to speak. It sounded like I had just sucked on a helium balloon. YIKES!!! I finally figured out what was wrong. So after emptying the water out of the hose, we all went back to sleep. But I was awaken quite early the next morning by the cat staring me in the face and her paw swiping up towards my nose as if to chase a fly away.
The third night was a repeat of night two ... 3 times. After the third time, I just took the mask off, turned the machine off and went to sleep. Hubby remained awake cause I was snoring too loud. So sad!
I like fresh air, so in the winter our bedroom window remains open (as far as I can open it without "the look" from hubby). Usual temp is 55 to 60 degrees F. (Sometimes lower, but don't tell you know who). Does anyone have any advice in regard to where humidity should be set, hose temp and hose covers. I need to prepare for those cold winter nights.

[Pugsy]

Rain out is easy to fix with a heated hose and proper hose air temps.

Do you have a heated hose? If so, what temp are you using?

If you don't have a heated hose...get one.

There are some other options ...see this thread posts number 2 and 3
viewtopic/t94035/Pugsys-Pointers-3Deali ... -road.html

Welcome to the forum.
FWIW I have extensive experience with rain out since I like max humidity and a cold bedroom. Much easier to fix now that machines have integrated heated hoses. Back when I started therapy we didn't have them.

[ChicagoGranny]

I like fresh air, so in the winter our bedroom window remains open (as far as I can open it without "the look" from hubby). Usual temp is 55 to 60 degrees F.

What climate do you live in? It sounds like you don't run the house heat much? Do you even need the CPAP humidifier? (I don't use one.) Try turning the humidifier down a notch every night. If you get to the point your nasal passages feel dry, you've turned it down too far.

You may want to buy a heated hose. (I don't like the extra heat it puts in the bed.)

In the meantime,

1. Place you machine below the level of the top of the mattress. If you get rainout, this helps the water to run harmlessly back into the humidifier tank.
2. Get a hose cover. Example: https://www.cpap.com/productpage/snuggl ... cover.html

[ISnoreIi]

Thank you Pugsy for the links to other posts re rainouts. They were very helpful.
I do have a heated hose and just turned it up to 78 F. I have had no rainout for past few nights but I can't really say if it has helped as the night time temps have been fairly warm.
Am I correct that rainout is condensation that builds up in the hose from the tank? If so, then can I just drape the hose over the headboard so that a foot or so of hose would be above the tank, thus letting any condensation run back into the tank? As it is now, most of the hose drapes down between my nightstand and bed.

ChicagoGranny: I live in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada so we do get pretty cool winter nights and we have quite a bit of humidity in the air. We are probably on par with Chicago for winter temps. Our bedroom door always remains closed and the heat vent has been turned off plus covered over so that no heat escapes into the room. Some mornings the temp can be as low as 40 degrees in the room. I am thinking that I may need to get or make a wrap for my mask. I will play with the humidity until I find something that is comfortable. I guess I just have to be patient (which is not my middle name). But as you say, I may not even need the humidifier. Guess time will tell.

[Cardsfan]

40 degrees????????????????????? good gravy- I'd be a Popsicle

[Goofproof]

Thank you Pugsy for the links to other posts re rainouts. They were very helpful.
I do have a heated hose and just turned it up to 78 F. I have had no rainout for past few nights but I can't really say if it has helped as the night time temps have been fairly warm.
Am I correct that rainout is condensation that builds up in the hose from the tank? If so, then can I just drape the hose over the headboard so that a foot or so of hose would be above the tank, thus letting any condensation run back into the tank? As it is now, most of the hose drapes down between my nightstand and bed.

ChicagoGranny: I live in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada so we do get pretty cool winter nights and we have quite a bit of humidity in the air. We are probably on par with Chicago for winter temps. Our bedroom door always remains closed and the heat vent has been turned off plus covered over so that no heat escapes into the room. Some mornings the temp can be as low as 40 degrees in the room. I am thinking that I may need to get or make a wrap for my mask. I will play with the humidity until I find something that is comfortable. I guess I just have to be patient (which is not my middle name). But as you say, I may not even need the humidifier. Guess time will tell.

If you lower it to 32 degrees you won't have a humidity problem, it will be snow and ice. Jim

[Pugsy]

Sometimes routing the hose differently will help with the condensation by letting it run back into the water chamber but it doesn't always carry away all the water because of the way the hose attaches to the back of the machine depending on the machine.
I had some bad rain out a couple of weeks ago and I held the hose totally vertical trying to get the water to drain out of the hose and with the new ResMed machines and the way the hose connects it simply wouldn't totally empty.
I had to take the hose totally off the machine and drain it on a towel.

But you can try it and see if it helps enough. Easiest fix is just warm up the air in the hose so that condensation doesn't happen.
Either by turning up the temperature and/or adding some sort of hose cozy.