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Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:42 am
by nanwilson
Okay I will admit that this old lady has gotten lazy and never clean my hose, the humidifier tank only when it feels gunky, the mask every week or two. the filters usually once a month, unless it has been rather windy and dusty around here. Which reminds me, its the end of the month and that's my cue to change the filters When I first started this long road of being a hose head, I washed everything diligently and routinely.... until one day when I washed my hose it was still wet inside when I was ready to go to bed and I used the "swing it around the head" method to dry it out... except I gouged the bedroom wall with the metal end of the heated hose ..... never did that again and since then I don't wash it.
Washing our gear is a "preference" thing... wash everything or don't, whatever you want to do is "right" according to YOU.
Cheers
Nan
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:15 am
by Physician
CaptainRaven40 wrote:I clean my mask everyday. I clean my hose about once a week and I check the filter and flick it clean about every other day. I empty the humidifier tank every day and clean it once a week. I wipe down the hose on the end where my mask attaches everyday. I clean my head gear once a week. This is all because it makes me feel clean and I know it's clean. It's a personal preference. Plenty of of other people on here do very minimal cleaning and that's what is comfortable and right for them. There is no blanket answer to how often. You can go by what the manufacturer tells you and go from there and adapt what is right for you. I am no expert, but everyone has a way of doing things and they aren't wrong in what they do. It is just the way they do it and it works for them. At the end of the day if you are getting great therapy and everything isn't infected with something you are fine. You don't have to clean as often as I do. I am disabled and am home a lot so I have the time. You may not. I ramble too much.
Sounds like full time employment.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:33 am
by chunkyfrog
To each his/her own.
I'm comfortable with the minimum (or less)
My immunity is good, possibly due to daily exposure to harmless microbes, or so I tell myself.
My opinion: super cleanliness is like dyeing your hair; once you start, you are stuck for life.
But if you are already in the habit, go for it, no guilt. It's what makes you feel good.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:39 pm
by Reuven Gruber
I wipe the outside with a towel and hang it up for about 1 minutes - works fine
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:50 pm
by CaptainRaven40
Physician wrote:CaptainRaven40 wrote:I clean my mask everyday. I clean my hose about once a week and I check the filter and flick it clean about every other day. I empty the humidifier tank every day and clean it once a week. I wipe down the hose on the end where my mask attaches everyday. I clean my head gear once a week. This is all because it makes me feel clean and I know it's clean. It's a personal preference. Plenty of of other people on here do very minimal cleaning and that's what is comfortable and right for them. There is no blanket answer to how often. You can go by what the manufacturer tells you and go from there and adapt what is right for you. I am no expert, but everyone has a way of doing things and they aren't wrong in what they do. It is just the way they do it and it works for them. At the end of the day if you are getting great therapy and everything isn't infected with something you are fine. You don't have to clean as often as I do. I am disabled and am home a lot so I have the time. You may not. I ramble too much.
Sounds like full time employment.
Well when you are disabled and home bound for the most part cleaning something gives you something to do. Also kills the time.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:51 pm
by PoolQ
hummm clean the tube, dry it and then hook it up to a humidifier to put moist air back in it. Sounds like a government job to me.
I dump out the water and hook it up
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:57 pm
by Sir NoddinOff
PoolQ wrote: Sounds like a government job to me.
Good one, PoolQ.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:47 am
by archangle
If you're germaphobic and want to dry the hose, buy a spare hose, and once a week or so, clean the one you're using and let it sit dry for a week. Unheated hoses are cheap online, so you can buy several. I have an old legacy REMstar Plus machine and use it to dry my hoses after cleaning. Probably not really necessary, but easy enough for me.
If you have the right aerator on your faucet, you can hook the hose up to the kitchen sink and rinse it thoroughly with hot water. I actually replace my aerator to make it easy.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:13 am
by chunkyfrog
PoolQ, enough slander, already!
I worked for the (county) government, and I worked darn hard.
My colleagues also put in an honest day's labor, every day.
Roads have to be built and kept up, and don't you ever take a bridge for granted!
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:28 am
by LSAT
chunkyfrog wrote:Goofproof, enough slander, already!
I worked for the (county) government, and I worked darn hard.
My colleagues also put in an honest day's labor, every day.
Roads have to be built and kept up, and don't you ever take a bridge for granted!
I think it was PoolQ...not Goofproof (Jim) that made the government comment.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:05 am
by chunkyfrog
Comment redirected. Thank you.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:02 pm
by Goofproof
chunkyfrog wrote:To each his/her own.
I'm comfortable with the minimum (or less)
My immunity is good, possibly due to daily exposure to harmless microbes, or so I tell myself.
My opinion: super cleanliness is like dyeing your hair; once you start, you are stuck for life.
But if you are already in the habit, go for it, no guilt. It's what makes you feel good.
Frogs don't have many enemies, maybe large fish, scorpions (Don't give one a ride), and leg lovers, that can't find a chicken. Jim
Clean your house, not your hose.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:27 pm
by PoolQ
chunkyfrog wrote:PoolQ, enough slander, already!
I worked for the (county) government, and I worked darn hard.
My colleagues also put in an honest day's labor, every day.
Roads have to be built and kept up, and don't you ever take a bridge for granted!
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No slander intended and I am sure you did a great job. With any human endeavor there will always be head scratchers here and there. For me drying a hose before putting moist air into it is a head scratcher. If you think my comment was some how directed at you personally, well that's an issue. If you think that everyone that works for government is doing their job like you did yours, well that's an issue.
Any comment about an organization the size of any government cannot be applied blindly to any individual within that organization. Just like any individuals personal performance cannot be blindly applied to an entire organization.
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:17 pm
by Goofproof
During my many lay-offs in the coal mining indrusty, I worked as a mechanic for the city parks dept, two times, working for sub-pay, ran the shop, took the superintendents computer to the shop, set up a inventory of parts, built a high pressure water truck out a junk I found setting around. Never took a sick day, for every dollar they paid me I saved them fifty. I felt it wasn't only a job, but a chance to pay back to the community I've lived in all my life. All government employees aren't leaning on a shovel, some of us are digging. Psst! We could use smarter supervision, and less drama. Jim
Re: How long do you have to wait for tubes to dry when cleaning
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:23 pm
by Wulfman...
Goofproof wrote:During my many lay-offs in the coal mining indrusty, I worked as a mechanic for the city parks dept, two times, working for sub-pay, ran the shop, took the superintendents computer to the shop, set up a inventory of parts, built a high pressure water truck out a junk I found setting around. Never took a sick day, for every dollar they paid me I saved them fifty. I felt it wasn't only a job, but a chance to pay back to the community I've lived in all my life. All government employees aren't leaning on a shovel, some of us are digging. Psst! We could use smarter supervision, and less drama. Jim
Having worked for a division of a state government, I can vouch for the "image" of a hole being dug by one or two people and about a half dozen people standing around "supervising".
I was told when I started to always carry a clipboard or notebook or something like that in my hand when I was walking across the property. (those observing you will THINK that you're working)
Another saying is that.......If you're working for the government, you're either going to, coming from or in a meeting.
What's yellow (or orange), has wheels and sleeps three? ............. A state highway department truck.
Den
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