General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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ChicagoGranny
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by ChicagoGranny » Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:15 pm
Dog Slobber wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:02 pm
CPAP tip of the day:
Get a home distiller. The time you save not having to descale your CPAP humidifier, you can put towards descaling your distiller.
Distilled water tastes flat. It also makes poor quality coffee and tea.
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chunkyfrog
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by chunkyfrog » Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:19 pm
The bullfrog considers the distiller "his" tool/toy, and willingly cleans it as needed.
If I used tap water, I would be cleaning my OWN tank.
This works for me.
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Aquarian
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by Aquarian » Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:18 pm
Make sure you boil your water a few min. Weird pathogens can live in tap water and /or well water. Don' take a chance, especially now..
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Pugsy
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by Pugsy » Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:36 pm
Aquarian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:18 pm
Make sure you boil your water a few min. Weird pathogens can live in tap water and /or well water. Don' take a chance, especially now..
Boiling the water will just make the minerals in the water denser and increase mineral build up in the water chamber.
What do you do about taking a shower where you might inhale some water droplets? More chance of inhaling pathogens from that than what the air might pick up from using the humidifier with water in it.
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palerider
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by palerider » Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:07 pm
Aquarian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:18 pm
Make sure you boil your water a few min. Weird pathogens can live in tap water and /or well water. Don' take a chance, especially now..
That is *completely* unnecessary, as well as counterproductive.
Please stop posting nonsense.
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zorki1c
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by zorki1c » Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:16 pm
In our area plenty of distilled water is available in the stores — 80 cents a gallon — no limit as far as I know
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Pugsy
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by Pugsy » Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:26 pm
zorki1c wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:16 pm
In our area plenty of distilled water is available in the stores — 80 cents a gallon — no limit as far as I know
It's hit or miss in my area. Small rural town with only one store that ever really carries distilled water anyway.
I had to do tap water for a few days as all bottled water of any kind was unavailable...bare shelves. Then I happened to be in the store when they were restocking the water shelves and I picked up a couple of gallons of distilled which should last me a couple of months.
It wasn't long before those shelves were bare again though.
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Goofproof
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by Goofproof » Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:25 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:26 pm
zorki1c wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:16 pm
In our area plenty of distilled water is available in the stores — 80 cents a gallon — no limit as far as I know
It's hit or miss in my area. Small rural town with only one store that ever really carries distilled water anyway.
I had to do tap water for a few days as all bottled water of any kind was unavailable...bare shelves. Then I happened to be in the store when they were restocking the water shelves and I picked up a couple of gallons of distilled which should last me a couple of months.
It wasn't long before those shelves were bare again though.
Odd's are the fools are buying it up thinking it is drinking water. Jim
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chunkyfrog
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by chunkyfrog » Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:52 pm
"Odds are . . . "
Pretty sure I saw that happen.
-----"This coffee tastes like CRAP! What did you do to it?"
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SDBud
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by SDBud » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:21 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:19 am
Use your drinking water...tap or bottled or whatever.
The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice.
What you'll GET, in from tap water in SoCal (and other places), is calcium and lime scale, which isn't necessarily dangerous to your health, but MAY break your machine, and isn't easily removed even from the tank, let alone the internals of your machine.
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SDBud
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by SDBud » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:25 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:26 pm
zorki1c wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:16 pm
In our area plenty of distilled water is available in the stores — 80 cents a gallon — no limit as far as I know
It's hit or miss in my area. Small rural town with only one store that ever really carries distilled water anyway.
I had to do tap water for a few days as all bottled water of any kind was unavailable...bare shelves. Then I happened to be in the store when they were restocking the water shelves and I picked up a couple of gallons of distilled which should last me a couple of months.
It wasn't long before those shelves were bare again though.
I've been doing grocery delivery for a couple of years, due to heart failure. Had 2 gallons of distilled on hand when this virus broke, got 1 gallon easily, then had to wait a while, but got a 2.5 gallon 'bottle' on my last delivery. Did use my tap water filter for a few days, but I'm hopefully things will be back to near normal before I need more.
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Pugsy
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by Pugsy » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:40 pm
SDBud wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:21 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:19 am
Use your drinking water...tap or bottled or whatever.
The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice.
What you'll GET, in from tap water in SoCal (and other places), is calcium and lime scale, which isn't necessarily dangerous to your health, but MAY break your machine, and isn't easily removed even from the tank, let alone the internals of your machine.
Well.....any kind of water that gets into the internal compartment of the blower unit is going to break the machine or actually probably fry it.
As long as the water stays in the water chamber it can't get into any internals of the machine so no way for the lime or calcium to break anything.
I may have to RISE but I refuse to SHINE.
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palerider
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by palerider » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:54 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:40 pm
SDBud wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:21 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:19 am
Use your drinking water...tap or bottled or whatever.
The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice.
FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD
Well.....any kind of water that gets into the internal compartment of the blower unit is going to break the machine or actually probably fry it.
As long as the water stays in the water chamber it can't get into any internals of the machine so no way for the lime or calcium to break anything.
But, it's more fun to run around, waving your hands, and ignorantly trying to scare people with fear, uncertainty and doubt.
Get OSCAR
Accounts to put on the foe list: dataq1, clownbell, gearchange, lynninnj, mper!?, DreamDiver, Geer1, almostadoctor, sleepgeek, ajack, stom, mogy, D.H., They often post misleading, timewasting stuff.
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Jas_williams
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by Jas_williams » Mon Apr 13, 2020 3:43 am
palerider wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:54 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:40 pm
SDBud wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:21 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:19 am
Use your drinking water...tap or bottled or whatever.
The worst thing that will happen is you get a bit of mineral build up in the water chamber but it is easily removed with a bit of vinegar or lemon juice.
FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD FUD
Well.....any kind of water that gets into the internal compartment of the blower unit is going to break the machine or actually probably fry it.
As long as the water stays in the water chamber it can't get into any internals of the machine so no way for the lime or calcium to break anything.
But, it's more fun to run around, waving your hands, and ignorantly trying to scare people with fear, uncertainty and doubt.
I read it on the internet so it must be true
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zorki1c
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by zorki1c » Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:50 am
We have a community well that serves our subdivision. The water has a lot of minerals in it. I have to clean our humidifier quite often to keep scale from building up. I’m sure it wouldn’t do the guts of my ResMed any good
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