water condensation

doz · Post by **doz** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:28 am

I've been using CPAP (REMstar pro 2) for about six months. I've made a great adjustment to the CPAP, but I've had an ongoing problem with water accumulating in the hose and/or nasal pillow when using the humidifier, requiring that I disconnect, drain the water from the hose and/or nasal pillow, then put it back on. A significant amount of water accumulates in as little as 3 hours. Anyone else had this problem? Any known remedies?

Thanks ... Bob

yardbird · Post by **yardbird** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:14 am

If your room is cool and you turn on a heated humidifier, you will eventually have to deal with condensation. One of the easiest things to try is to simply get the machine (and humidifier) closer to the floor. Get it below your sleeping surface as much as possible. I also do not "hang" my hose when I'm in humidifier season. The object is to give the water an easy way to simply flow back into the humidifier. You can also try insulating the hose. Get a hose cover. (Inexpensive). And if none of THAT works, then get the heated hose.

Keep in mind that the condensation will happen whenever warm moist air hits a surface that is cooler. Anything you can do to keep that hose relatively constant temperature, will help cut down or even eliminate the condensation.

cinderella · Post by **cinderella** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:32 pm

I found that putting my machine on the ground next to my bed cuts down on the water leaking onto my face. The water just runs back down the hose isntead of into my mask. Try it and see if it helps enough, if not the hose cover or heated hose should do the trick

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:11 pm

Sometimes just lowering the temp on the humidifier will stop rainout.

Brenda

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:41 pm

Rainout occurs when you are using a heated humidifier and start getting condensation in your hose. It's caused by the steamy air coming from the humidifier at a higher temperature than the surrounding room air, so it cools on the way to the mask. While it leaves the humidifier as "humid air" when it cools, it reaches the mask as condensed fluid / "water" and you get a damp face.

Ways to try to avoid rainout:

1. Keep your xpap machine below the level of the mattress, as low to the floor as possible.
2. Use hose covers – flannel or fleece tubing to cover your hose. Use as many as necessary. (I use three covers on my Aussie heated hose and I still get a few droplets of rainout using my Aura – but I appear to be an exception, not the rule).
3. Run your heated humidifier as low as you comfortably can.
4. If your hose runs up over your head, try not to raise it really high to where it has a long drop back down to your head.
5. Raise your room temperature as high as you are can and still sleep comfortably.
6. Nasal pillows are usually more prone to rainout than masks.
7. If all else fails, purchase an Aussie Heated Hose from Australia. Not only does it help prevent rainout, but it also warms the air before it hits your face and/or up your nose. Here’s the site:
http://www.sleepzone.com.au

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:44 pm

As shown above, that was me. But who the heck is M1aman? .... I take the 5th (or drank one).

neversleeps · Post by **neversleeps** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:57 pm

ROTFL!!! Linda, this is m1aman. (Are you sure it wasn't more like a quart?)

m1aman

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Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:04 pm

Well, he does look like some of my Ozark neighbors ...

But how the heck did his ID/name get attached to my post?

blarg · Post by **blarg** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:06 pm

You're probably using an internet service that gives you a different IP address each time you connect. This means that they're reused, and you guys have both posted from the same IP at one point or another. If you're on something fixed, then those numbers are reused as well, just not as frequently.

neversleeps · Post by **neversleeps** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:37 pm

Linda3032 wrote:But how the heck did his ID/name get attached to my post?

I don't know, but I hope whoever gets attached to mine isn't quite so hairy... (Though, he does have a lovely smile...)

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:51 pm

neversleeps wrote:
Linda3032 wrote:But how the heck did his ID/name get attached to my post?
I don't know, but I hope whoever gets attached to mine isn't quite so hairy... (Though, he does have a lovely smile...)

Oh Yaaaaaaaaaaa. He Tarzan, Me Jane. We are southern "swingers".