Hose/mask filled with water prior to putting back on

brandyII · Post by **brandyII** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:32 pm

This morning after not much sleep I had to get up and was half out of it and I took off my mask and let it drop to the floor, which is what is fairly normal behavior for me for a potty run or something.

Anyway got back to bed to put it back on and it was full of water and actually water was pouring out of it. There was still some in the container of the humidifier and the machine itself was not affected, meaning there was no water on the side table just where the mask was on the floor.

Curious if this is an issue. Naturally I couldn't put it on when I went back to sleep as the spongey part around the nose had soaked up the water. I have an extra one and normally I hang up my mask and hose separate from the machine during the day to dry it out. Plus I did not have the heater on and never do but it does have a humidifier (suppose that's obvious).

Thanks brandyII.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:52 pm

It's called rainout. It's mostly condensation.

You can prevent it by always keeping your mask elevated above your machine. I have my machine sitting on a bookshelf beside my bed, about a foot and a half below the level of my pillow. I store my mask beside me on the bed, so the hose always drops down the full height of my bed, then travels back up to the machine. Keep the condensation down considerably.

Good luck!
B.

brandyII · Post by **brandyII** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:55 pm

I've always had moisture in my mask and sometimes it drips but this was pouring out. I've never experience it like this before so I don't know why all of the sudden this drastic change, thanks brandyII

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:34 am

It does sound like an abnormal amount of water, the air conditions in the room might have affected condensation in the hose, a hose cover would help if you are not using one now. Keeping the hose elevated at some point helps as a trap, but still that much water in the hose ?????? First I would try maintaining an even temperature in your room, and also humidity levels.
Good luck,
Ed

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:01 pm

Thanks Ed,

I might have to get a hose cover. My bed is on the floor, with a box spring so my bedside table has always been higher bit I tend to tuck the hose kind of above my head when I'm trying to sleep. I can flip and all but I'm so used to it it's like my elephant trunk .

For some reason the air seems warmer in the machine but I live up north where it's still chilly at night can still go in the 30s and 40s. But maybe it has something to do with the day time temps warming up. I don't know it was just kind of a freak thing to me. I just hope I don't need a new machine. I don't use my heater in the machine either because I don't like it. I've been using the machine for about 9 months now.

Anyway thanks for your advice, brandyII

birdshell · Post by **birdshell** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:52 pm

Wow, that almost sounds like capillary action, I think it is called. Remember the siphon we all probably learned about in school?

That said, what is that mask doing on the floor? LOL, maybe that helped the downward flow of water--although it still seems as if that wouldn't be very likely.

If you would go to the profile button up at the top and enter your mask, equipment, pressure, etc. it may be easier for folks to sort out what may have happened. You will find a choice of pictures or text; one of our members suggested a while back that we use text to save bandwidth and memory.

I have to agree that you should DEFINITELY take the machine and/or mask back...once you determine where the whistle might be. For me, the whistle is so annoying if my mask is off a bit that NO white noise will distract me from it.

I had a bipap at my titration (don't ask me why) that was SO annoying: it played a flat musical third all night. And, they wondered why I didn't sleep very long! Let's see, new and tickling mask, hose, wires, interrupted for chin strap, hot room AND a flat third playing all night? I just cannot know whatever was the problem!

Oh, well.

Sleep as well as you can, and remember: all major mask makers have a 30 day return policy. Few DME provider employees "remember" to mention that fact.

Karen

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:08 pm

brandyII wrote:Anyway got back to bed to put it back on and it was full of water and actually water was pouring out of it. There was still some in the container of the humidifier and the machine itself was not affected, meaning there was no water on the side table just where the mask was on the floor.

Thanks brandyII.

Brandy,

Are you sure you were fully awake, and not just hooking the garden hose to your face?

Sorry, this was just too good an opportunity for a little humor to let slide.

Initially, I had the same problem as you. Just as suggested, raise the level of your mask above your machine, put a hose cover on, and if the problem continues, turn your humidity down a notch or two.

This has helped me, and I find that there are even times of the year when I need to set my humidity lower in order to avoid rainout.

Hurricane · Post by **Hurricane** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:32 pm

Brandy,
You can have your machine and your mask at the same level as in your case, the thing you should do is elevate the the center of the hose by what ever means you can think of this way the water won't go up over and down, it should stay in the lower section of hose. thats only a fix you still have to work on the why the water is accumulating. its annoying but fixable.
Ed

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