Weird Blower Hours Issue

[CollegeGirl]

Okay, so - I hardly ever download smartcard data or look at my machine hours anymore. Nothing ever changes with my treatment, lol, so - I just check it every few months or so to make sure everything's kosher.

Well, I went to check my machine hours, because I thought I should be getting close to 10,000, and hmmm...it says 1102.6! Uhmmm....yeah. I've had this machine since August of 05, and only missed one night, ever - so...what's going on?

Just to verify, I checked my smartcard, and all the data there is normal/intact. The card itself has more than a year's worth of data on it, and about 3,000 hours.

My only thought was that maybe once it hits 10,000 it rolls back over again, but I don't remember anyone else posting about that before. Anyone?

[Bookbear]

That might just be.... kind of like odometers on cars. You could get a fairly decent estimate by putting a 1 in front of that number, then dividing by the average number of hours you sleep a night. It would be rough, but if it came out to close to the number of nights you've been using the machine, that is likely the answer.

[feeling_better]

Well, assuming you had about 8 hours of use every night, I would make a wild guess: It actually rolled over after about 8000 hours, or because of a software glitch after 8192 hours. Is that close?

[JeffH]

My old Sullivan V was on it's third trip around the 10,000 hour limit when I finally put it in the closet for a well deserved rest. It did have a 9,999 hour max.


JeffH

[CollegeGirl]

Thanks, guys Yeah, feelingbetter, it's actually more like 3 years and 3 months.

So I think 11002 hours could very well be right. WOW. That's a lot of CPAP hours! Especially when you consider the fact this is my second machine. lol (First one only lasted about four months before it got traded for this APAP).

[echo]

Wowweee, well that deserves a CONGRATS for so many blower hours

And also welcome back

[Bookbear]

The Golden Blower Awards!

(imagine the following gilded, in honor of one of the very first experimental cpap devices, made from a vacuum cleaner motor)



And the nominees are....

[CollegeGirl]

Hahaha, thanks bookbear, and thanks to you too, Echo.

There are those on this forum to whom 10,000 hours seems like "just starting out." lol. I still feel like I am - I still have so much to learn. Like good sleep hygiene. I need to go to bed earlier!

[bigk]

The Golden Blower Awards!

Yeah but that model SUCKS instead of blowing. Just sayin..........

[Bookbear]

Yeah but that model SUCKS instead of blowing. Just sayin..........

Heeheehee... from the archives of Failed Advertising Plans:

Nothing Sucks Like An Electrolux!