Removing odor from a machine.

[mlsrealty]

So I have purchased a used machine....it has a bit of a weird odor to it...can't pinpoint what it is....But I need some tips on how to try and reduce it, if there is a way...or is it only going to go away after time and use....

[palerider]

So I have purchased a used machine....it has a bit of a weird odor to it...can't pinpoint what it is....But I need some tips on how to try and reduce it, if there is a way...or is it only going to go away after time and use....

it's fairly common for machines to have a faint perfumy/powdery odor, that's from the silicone inside.

[chunkyfrog]

Cpap.com sells several aromatherapy fragrances that can cover peculiar odors from your machine.
Some are even useful for fighting stuffiness and congestion.
I like a citrus/sage scent--not perfumey, per se, but nice and soothing.
I put a piece of a yankee candle scented wax by the air intake.
No heat-no burning--just the light scent from the room temperature wax.

[mlsrealty]

Thank you for the tips, greatly appreciated

[LSAT]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

[D.H.]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

[palerider]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

That is idiotic,
Any "stale" air inside the machine is flushed out within a *second* of it starting up.

[zonker]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

That is idiotic,
Any "stale" air inside the machine is flushed out within a *second* of it starting up.

i can tell you missed him while he was gone.

[nanwilson]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

That is idiotic,
Any "stale" air inside the machine is flushed out within a *second* of it starting up.

If you follow D.H.'s suggestion and "flushed" it out with water... you now have a machine that is TOAST. Never listen to D.H
I just got bought a used machine from LSAT, and just ran it for about a 1/2 hour near a window and it was good to go.
Cheers
Nan

[palerider]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

That is idiotic,
Any "stale" air inside the machine is flushed out within a *second* of it starting up.

i can tell you missed him while he was gone.

I wondered why the average IQ of the forum suddenly seemed about 20 points higher, but, back to normal now.

So, yeah, I missed him about as much as terminal cancer.

[palerider]

Try running the unit outside or at an open window for several hours...Then change the filter.

Yes, wash it out and run it dry for several hours. I don't know when it was last used, and the air inside is likely "stale."

That is idiotic,
Any "stale" air inside the machine is flushed out within a *second* of it starting up.

If you follow D.H.'s suggestion and "flushed" it out with water... you now have a machine that is TOAST. Never listen to D.H
I just got bought a used machine from LSAT, and just ran it for about a 1/2 hour near a window and it was good to go.
Cheers
Nan

DH: Moron, third class, failed.

[zonker]

I wondered why the average IQ of the forum suddenly seemed about 20 points higher, but, back to normal now.

So, yeah, I missed him about as much as terminal cancer.

yeah, poor milbolnut. he tried, but.....

[palerider]

I wondered why the average IQ of the forum suddenly seemed about 20 points higher, but, back to normal now.

So, yeah, I missed him about as much as terminal cancer.

yeah, poor milbolnut. he tried, but.....

If you're implying he tried to be an idiot, he succeeded admirably, exceptional.

[chunkyfrog]

Professional troll?
(D.H., of course)

[mlsrealty]

Thank you all for the tips....greatly appreciated