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Post by ozij » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:30 am

They probably never had people breathing in and out on the other side of those mchines they tested.

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Re: Empty humdifier.

Post by Kharris » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:38 am

rooster wrote:
Kharris wrote:Friday night we had nothing to do, so I went to bed about 9pm.
My humidifer is on 3, I slept about 9 hours. When I went to empty
the tank it was already dry. Is this bad?
Usually I get about 6-6 1/2 hours, and there is always a little water left.
I turned it up to 3 after I started mouth taping, it seems like more
humidity lessened any dry throat coughing, but I may need to turn it
back down.
Look at the way you exhale:
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I imagine you could use up a dozen tanks of water in one night.
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Post by TXKajun » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:27 am

Whew! Glad to hear I'm not the only one whose humidifier runs near dry in a 9-10 hour sleep session! I was kinda worried.

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Post by RachelM » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:01 pm

In over a year the humidifier has run out of water only occasionally. I have noticed an increase in amount of water used in winter with the forced air furnace going. This time of year, with it set on 5, and a 7-1/2 hour night it is almost empty in the AM. I have a Respironics M series APAP and use an Optilife interface.


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Post by Bearded_One » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:55 am

When I was using the humidifier in my F-P HC-233, I never ran out of water over night, it usually had at least 25% of the water left in the morning. There were a few times when I forgot to fill it before going to bed and ran out of water. Somebody mentioned that humidifiers smell bad when they are ran dry -- mine developed a bad stench when it ran dry with the heat on.


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Post by RipVW » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:56 am

ozij wrote:They probably never had people breathing in and out on the other side of those mchines they tested.

O.
I think you're probably right about that!

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Post by momadams » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:09 am

That problem is what sent me to CPAP.com to buy a F&P HC150 add-on humidifier.
Even with that, I've only got about 1/4 inch of water in there in the morning.
But no running dry, no seal leaks, and no trying to aim water from a jug at 3 am.
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