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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:45 pm
by Moby
Snoredog wrote:
Den
Party Poopers!! wait till all them Resmedians from down under go on break ...
Smoko, mate, smoko.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:08 am
by Velbor
AHA! The answer to my humidifier mystery, as per several above posts, popped into my head this morning, after a good night's sleep (using my oral appliance, rather than CPAP, I might add). As is not uncommon, I had everything bass ackwards.
CPAP heated humidifiers do not measure humidity; they control it instead through a surrogate. Most of them maintain a constant humidity by maintaining a constant WATER temperature (based on the heater plate temperature, based on the user dial setting) in the reservoir. Since it is necessary that I be different, my fancy-ass system controls the humidity instead by maintaining a constant AIR temperature at the mask end of the tubing.
So, when I switched from the "warmer" ResMed blower to the "cooler" Respironics blower, the AIR temperature in my humidifier chamber DROPPED by 6 degrees F. To compensate, the device RAISED the WATER temperature by this amount, which significantly raised the humidity output.
For normal people, then, if you use a stand-alone humidifier, and switch from a "warmer" ResMed to a "cooler" Respironics machine, you might expect your humidifier output to decrease. Go figure.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:30 am
by Slinky
At least you figgered it out, Velbor! Thanks for sharing!
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:33 pm
by Guest
Velbor wrote:So, when I switched from the "warmer" ResMed blower to the "cooler" Respironics blower, the AIR temperature in my humidifier chamber DROPPED by 6 degrees F.
Where did this number come from?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:37 pm
by Velbor
Where did this number come from?
Please see my posting on the bottom of the previous page. Thanks.
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:00 am
by gasp
Wulfman wrote:gasp wrote:DreamStalker wrote:Wulfman wrote:The S8 Vantage does NOT have exhale relief in APAP mode......the REMstar Autos DO.
The REMstar M Series Auto w/A-Flex is the top-of-the-line Auto/APAP as it has more features and modes of therapy than all the rest.
Den (not going to do car comparisons.....as I drove both Chevys and Fords)
I hear an echo again !
Maybe the "some" who say the Vantage is a Cadillac were refering to a 50's model with no AC or power steering?