I have the nasal pillows and the Remstar Cpap machine with the heated humidifier. Throughout the night, I'll end up getting droplets of water in the tube and it eventually either drips on my upper lip or into my nose. My healthcare provider says it is due to my house being to cold at night.
Anybody else have this problem? it is annoying.I have to put a small folded kleenex under the mask to catch the drips.
water in mask from humidifier?
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wading thru the muck!
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Johnny,
YES! Many of us have had this problem, so much so that they even have a name for this phenomenon, it's called rainout. If you click on the word rainout it will take you to the CPAPopedia thread on rainout. It has a description of the problem and a few links to hose covers and heated hoses that you care buy to prevent it. I used a heated hose and love it. You do have to send away to Australia to get it though.
YES! Many of us have had this problem, so much so that they even have a name for this phenomenon, it's called rainout. If you click on the word rainout it will take you to the CPAPopedia thread on rainout. It has a description of the problem and a few links to hose covers and heated hoses that you care buy to prevent it. I used a heated hose and love it. You do have to send away to Australia to get it though.
Sincerely,
wading thru the muck of the sleep study/DME/Insurance money pit!
wading thru the muck of the sleep study/DME/Insurance money pit!
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rested gal
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Johnny, like Wader I have the Aussie heated hose to use with my heated humidifier. Nothing helps prevent rainout as well as the heated hose. It's absolutely wonderful.
I have seen some reports of a few people still experiencing some rainout with some masks, even with the addition of the heated hose. Probably because the cold plastic or silicone tubing of the mask itself can still result in condensation after the warm air leaves the heated tube and enters the cooler tubing or area of the mask. But for most, the Aussie heated hose absolutely stops rainout problems, far better than hose covers and other methods.
The Australian site where the heated hose can be ordered is: sleepzone.com.au
After receiving the heated hose from Australia (very nice people to order from - very quick delivery) I bought a 12 volt 1 amp DC converter (Radio Shack part# 273-1776) and an "M" adapter plug. The converter with "M" adapter is about $20 at Radio Shack.
There's a tiny plug on the end of the heated hose wire. Plug the heated hose into the tiny "M" adapter, plug the tiny "M" adapter into the tiny plug on the DC converter, and plug the converter into your wall electrical outlet just like you'd plug in a lamp. All the connections are simple steps involving plugs. No "loose wires" to be wired together at all.
I have seen some reports of a few people still experiencing some rainout with some masks, even with the addition of the heated hose. Probably because the cold plastic or silicone tubing of the mask itself can still result in condensation after the warm air leaves the heated tube and enters the cooler tubing or area of the mask. But for most, the Aussie heated hose absolutely stops rainout problems, far better than hose covers and other methods.
The Australian site where the heated hose can be ordered is: sleepzone.com.au
After receiving the heated hose from Australia (very nice people to order from - very quick delivery) I bought a 12 volt 1 amp DC converter (Radio Shack part# 273-1776) and an "M" adapter plug. The converter with "M" adapter is about $20 at Radio Shack.
There's a tiny plug on the end of the heated hose wire. Plug the heated hose into the tiny "M" adapter, plug the tiny "M" adapter into the tiny plug on the DC converter, and plug the converter into your wall electrical outlet just like you'd plug in a lamp. All the connections are simple steps involving plugs. No "loose wires" to be wired together at all.
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