build CPAP-machine in an cabinet for quieter night, with pic

[Astrophytum]

Hello forum,

to help other users I have mad some photos of my cabinet where I built in my S9.

I hope this will help a little bit and inspired other users to find solutions.

I you have better or other solutions, please make some photos and show us.

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I bought a small cabinet where the machine is in there.
In the cabinet I built a wall outlet (down lefin first picture), which I can by a switch on the back, Power get on and off. This saves power when the machine is not running.

On the back is a 2 inch hole for the breathing tube, sown in the first picture over the left top side of S9. The back is completely covered with 1 inch foam. Where's the hole for the hose, I cut the foam cross-wise, so the hose fits through the foam and sealed off. Thus, no noise reaching the outside.

The machine is standing on a 1inch thick foam. However, not directly on the foam but on a 0.5" styrofoam plate, which is on the foam. Acoustic emission is thus not transmitted directly to the wood, which is really all very much quieter.
You have no fear of overheating due to the power supply and the machine, because every minute is drawn in much air, which cools the interior.

The effect is that, the machine is protected from dust, I just can do anything to save electricity by switching on and off.

The most important effect, the cabinet itself and pasting with foam, the sound and noise are not released into the room!


For details, please see pictures:








I hope this will help,
Regards,
Astrophytum

[Astrophytum]

Very cool. Looks great!

[Sillyme]

What a great idea. Thanks.

[adksleepygal]

Hello forum,

to help other users I have mad some photos of my cabinet where I built in my S9.

I hope this will help a little bit and inspired other users to find solutions.

I you have better or other solutions, please make some photos and show us.

--------------------------------------------

I bought a small cabinet where the machine is in there.
In the cabinet I built a wall outlet (down lefin first picture), which I can by a switch on the back, Power get on and off. This saves power when the machine is not running.

On the back is a 2 inch hole for the breathing tube, sown in the first picture over the left top side of S9. The back is completely covered with 1 inch foam. Where's the hole for the hose, I cut the foam cross-wise, so the hose fits through the foam and sealed off. Thus, no noise reaching the outside.

The machine is standing on a 1inch thick foam. However, not directly on the foam but on a 0.5" styrofoam plate, which is on the foam. Acoustic emission is thus not transmitted directly to the wood, which is really all very much quieter.
You have no fear of overheating due to the power supply and the machine, because every minute is drawn in much air, which cools the interior.

The effect is that, the machine is protected from dust, I just can do anything to save electricity by switching on and off.

The most important effect, the cabinet itself and pasting with foam, the sound and noise are not released into the room!


For details, please see pictures:








I hope this will help,
Regards,
Astrophytum

This is just beautiful and since my hubby is a woodworker I will show him and get him right on it - I cannot thank you enough for this Astrophytum - perhaps you should market this !
Thank you - thank you - thank you!
Adksleepygirl

[Slartybartfast]

Nicely done!

I'm in the process of building a CPAP nightstand, too. I made the mistake, though, of taking a tour of the Gamble House in Pasadena, CA, http://www.gamblehouse.org/ and falling under the spell of the Greene and Greene brothers' taste in furniture. So I've been designing, and designing . . . you have to stop somewhere.

The drawer will hold the CPAP machine, the hose will exit through the back of the nightstand, like you did. I just completed an accessory, a 0 to 20" differential pressure gauge to monitor the pressure in the air hose. The 4 1/2" diameter gauge is enclosed in a quartersawn oak box that will sit on top of the nightstand. I had considered mounting the gauge in the side of the nightstand, but someone else might want to use it after I've left this world.

I'll post pics of the finished nightstand once it's done.

[Emilia]

These look nice, but I hope you are allowing for good air flow around the system! I thought the S9 was super silent to begin with.... My IntelliPAP is whisper quiet.... I never even hear it. Of course, I do have a hearing loss, but not in the ear that is closest to the machine. Anyway, nice work, guys.....

[Astrophytum]

Nicely done!

I'm in the process of building a CPAP nightstand, too. I made the mistake, though, of taking a tour of the Gamble House in Pasadena, CA, http://www.gamblehouse.org/ and falling under the spell of the Greene and Greene brothers' taste in furniture. So I've been designing, and designing . . . you have to stop somewhere.

The drawer will hold the CPAP machine, the hose will exit through the back of the nightstand, like you did. I just completed an accessory, a 0 to 20" differential pressure gauge to monitor the pressure in the air hose. The 4 1/2" diameter gauge is enclosed in a quartersawn oak box that will sit on top of the nightstand. I had considered mounting the gauge in the side of the nightstand, but someone else might want to use it after I've left this world.

I'll post pics of the finished nightstand once it's done.

The idea with the gauge is not bad! But I have an S9 with ClimateLine...so I can't insert an gauge into the hose. The hose is heated and have sensors...so I can't cut the hose and insert an gauge.

Regards,
Astrophytum

[Babette]

Rolling shelves. You gotta use rolling shelves, so you can quickly re-fill your HH tank. If your machine requires that, and mine does.

Cheers,
B.

[Astrophytum]

Rolling shelves. You gotta use rolling shelves, so you can quickly re-fill your HH tank. If your machine requires that, and mine does.

Cheers,
B.

yes, you are completly in right!

Rolling shelves are the next thing I will built in...


Regards,
Astrophytum

[chunkyfrog]

You cabinet looks very nice.
I wouldn't worry about a rolling shelf, as the tank should be filled outside the humidifier
--to avoid spilling on the machine. (The manual just says. . .)
I would, however, want to be sure there is a hole near the machine's air INTAKE--I could not see one in your photos.
If you make your blower work too hard, it could cause undue wear on the motor--I've ruined regular fans that way.
I have my S9 plugged into a fused power strip, and started out turning it off during the day to save electricity,
thinking that the 90 watts was full-time. Then I plugged it into a Kill-a-watt meter (Harbor Freight), and
found out the power drain was minimal if it's on stand-by.
I may steal some of your ideas--thank you in advance.

[Babette]

If anyone in Western Washington steals this idea, and begins selling these out of their van by the side of the road, send the intersection. I'd buy one.

I just wouldn't cross the mountains to get it.

LOL,
B

[Astrophytum]

If anyone in Western Washington steals this idea, and begins selling these out of their van by the side of the road, send the intersection. I'd buy one.

I just wouldn't cross the mountains to get it.

LOL,
B

Yes, here in the forum is a hubby, and he is woodworker. I told him to make a 'CPAP-Furniture' and sell this...


Regards,
Astrophytum

[Astrophytum]

...
I would, however, want to be sure there is a hole near the machine's air INTAKE--I could not see one in your photos.
If you make your blower work too hard, it could cause undue wear on the motor--I've ruined regular fans that way.
...
I may steal some of your ideas--thank you in advance.

Well, the door is not as dense and the drawer to. So when you add all this small holes, you will get a big one in summary.

Or, I can make a big hole whit an dustfilter.And inside I can make an small board that cover the hole, so that can air inside, but no noise outside. Hmm, …


Regards,
Astrophytum

[Astrophytum]

…
Then I plugged it into a Kill-a-watt meter (Harbor Freight), and
found out the power drain was minimal if it's on stand-by.
I may steal some of your ideas--thank you in advance…

Ok, and how many watts need the powersupply in standby mode?


Regards,
Astrophytum

[Slartybartfast]

I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted the hose exiting the back of the cabinet, so I designed the drawer front to fold down using a butler tray hinge. That's a hinge that locks into place in two positions. 90 degrees (drawer front closed), and 180 degrees (drawer front open). That way I thought I could just flip down the drawer front, pull the drawer out a few inches, grab my mask, which would lying in front of the S9, and go.

Then, in the morning, put the mask away, flip the drawer front up, close it, and nobody would know there's a CPAP machine in the nightstand.

There's lots of free air circulation around the roller drawer guides.



Then I thought maybe I'd hang the mask on a hook from the side or back of the nightstand, so the drawing above doesn't show the mask in the drawer.

Now I'm agonizing about whether or not to simplify the design and do away with the stained glass doors.

BTW, I'm placing a connnector in the back of the cabinet that will allow me to connect the breathing tube, instead of routing the tube through a hole. I looked at the distances involved, and the hose would end up too short for me that way. I plan to drill a hole in the connector and screw in a 1/8" tubing connector that will feed the pressure gauge through a short length of clear plastic tubing. I don't know how the climate line hose works, so I didn't bother extending electrical connections from the back of the S9 to the back of the cabinet. If I ever get one, I can address that.