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Hey, at least the press release back then advised: "Patients should discontinue use of the device if there are any signs of electrical failure such as intermittent power, cracking sounds, sparking or charred smell." I, for one, would never have figured that out.

To be fair, the release also said: "In only seven cases worldwide, device failures have led to thermal damage to the device, with a remote potential to ignite material external to the device. No significant property damage or patient injury has been reported."

So, the way I figure it, ResMed has a better record than I do--I'm sure I'VE been responsible for plenty of property damage and personal injury over the years!

I'm sure there's a good joke about why I might need to keep a fire ext. near the bed, but I'll keep it PG.

jnk

I was gone for a Friday night and came back saturday night and my KITTEN had tramped on my RESMED ELITE machine--turned it on and God knows how long it was blowing full force before I got home and turned it off. I NOW turn my power plug OFF in the mornings before leaving for work! So--there is another good reason to unplug them in the morning if you have an animal,
Carrie

I was recently hospitalized overnight for a minor surgery. The hospital would not let me bring and use my own bilevel. They insisted on using one of theirs. Are hospital machines different in some way?

Any hospital personnel out there? I took my mother to the emergency room last week and noticed two wall feeds, one on either side of the bed. One was green (for oxygen). The other appeared to be for xPAP since the pressures looked like what we would use.

Maybe it's better to bring our own mask and hose and use their "spigot" since it would be hooked to a main system that is regularly serviced and tested.

houltkin wrote:

I was recently hospitalized overnight for a minor surgery. The hospital would not let me bring and use my own bilevel. They insisted on using one of theirs. Are hospital machines different in some way?

Any hospital personnel out there? I took my mother to the emergency room last week and noticed two wall feeds, one on either side of the bed. One was green (for oxygen). The other appeared to be for xPAP since the pressures looked like what we would use.

Maybe it's better to bring our own mask and hose and use their "spigot" since it would be hooked to a main system that is regularly serviced and tested.

Maybe one is for unleaded and the other is just regular.....

I imagine the second port is for vacume. Jim

Many electronic devices don't really turn off when they are turned off, at best they go into a standby mode.

My living room, kitchen, and bedroom are lit up at night like Christmas trees with various LEDs and other displays.

CPAPs are class II devices, they are not meant to be grounded and no means are provided for grounding them.

I may have missed it, or misunderstood, but I don't think anyone is suggesting grounding the machine. But plugging a machine into a grounded surge strip might be a good idea, as it would be for any sensitive electronic equipment, generally speaking, I guess, eh?

I imagine the second port is for vacume. Jim

Nope, the other one definitely had pressures of centimeters of water column and went from about 5 to about 20, near as I could tell without taking my mind off my mother and her plight.

Again, any hospital personnel out there?

I am not hospital personnel, but I understand that hospitals use ventilators very similar to bilevel pap machines.

I am not hospital personnel, but I understand that hospitals use ventilators very similar to bilevel pap machines

That was probably what I saw. My grandson was a preemie on cpap for his whole one year of life in the hospital but I never paid attention to whether he was hooked up to a separate machine or hooked up to the wall.

I don't think CPAPs of the last 8 or 10 years get a 3rd prong for ground because they run off of DC. Just pos. and neg/ground. Never really seen a AC/DC converter at the proper volts get grounded.

hi,

an external power socket or strike would help.
switch it off to prolong life span.
save energy.
dry up the cpap in the natural air.
keep the h2o for next night.

mckooi

With Class II electrical devices a grounded outlet is not necessary or even more useful than an ungrounded outlet. If you use a surge protector or UPS, a grounded outlet is required because they are designed to be grounded.

Thanks guys.

It's the cheapest ResMed s9. People here always complain about lacking features.

If it's lasted 7 years without breaking it's probably ok! If the poster from 7 years ago it still running, even better. Jim