Everest2 Owners: Can someone test HH for me?

I recently bought this great little machine bundle for an overseas trip when I was informed that a just-in-case-battery was advised due to possible power issues in the country. I use passive humidity these days, but am just now testing to be sure the HH works okay. On pre-heat setting of 5 for about 30 minutes with no hose attached, when pulling out the HH, I find it to be mildly warm. Is this a defective HH? I was expecting the metal base to be too hot to touch.

I'm bumping this up to ask if someone can just check their Everest2 HH tomorrow morning before shutting off the machine, to see how hot the metal plate is. Thanks to anyone who is now able to think clearly enough when getting up in the morning, to remember to check this for me!

I am not sure about the Everest unit but when I asked Respirionics about this, they told me that my Respirionics unit would not get above 145 degrees maximum. When I run it on 1 it is just warm to the touch. Definately not hot. I would think a battery powered would run a bit cooler than a 110 volt unit.

My guess is that if it gets warm at all I would bet it is working properly, JMHO.

Jerry

6PtStar wrote:I am not sure about the Everest unit but when I asked Respirionics about this, they told me that my Respirionics unit would not get above 145 degrees maximum. When I run it on 1 it is just warm to the touch. Definately not hot. I would think a battery powered would run a bit cooler than a 110 volt unit.

My guess is that if it gets warm at all I would bet it is working properly, JMHO.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry. I should have mentioned that I am not checking this with the battery attached. I am testing it with the wall plug. And I am testing it at the highest HH level of 5 on this model.

OK, checked, mine gets mildly warm on 5, on the lower settings you can barely feel that it's warm. I've tried different settings with the HH and I can tell it works by the amount of water missing in the morning. The HH isn't supposed to heat the water much, just enough to allow the air to carry a bit more moisture.

Brenda

bdp522 wrote:OK, checked, mine gets mildly warm on 5, on the lower settings you can barely feel that it's warm. I've tried different settings with the HH and I can tell it works by the amount of water missing in the morning. The HH isn't supposed to heat the water much, just enough to allow the air to carry a bit more moisture.

Brenda

Brenda, thanks so much for checking this for me. My Respironics M Series HH gets about twice as hot as this when set at a low setting of 2....so I was worried that I might have to send this back. I appreciate your trouble!

The Everest2 power design does not leave much power for heated humidification. While no cpap related heated humidifier hot plates will burn you, the Everest2 is perhaps the weakest in warming water. Bottom line is that your heater is very likely working as it was designed. Whether the design is good, that is another question.

DME Daddy wrote:The Everest2 power design does not leave much power for heated humidification. While no cpap related heated humidifier hot plates will burn you, the Everest2 is perhaps the weakest in warming water. Bottom line is that your heater is very likely working as it was designed. Whether the design is good, that is another question.

Well this is interesting input, and I don't remember ever reading this about the Everest2 before now. I'm glad that my new machine is okay, and I'm glad I currently only seem to require passive humidification for those times when I travel with this little bugger. I really like it.
Edit: DD, I guess I should have asked if you are implying that the overall functioning of this unit may not be up to par, or just the HH. I have used it for 2 weeks during travel, and did not find it to be deficient.

First off, the Everest has a rather small water reservoir, so it doesn't take a lot to warm the water. Second, when using battery power, the unit limits the heating, you cannot set it as high as when it is on wall power.

I have been using an Everest as my travel and emergency machine lately. The humidifier bottom plate does not get very warm, even at the highest setting of five. At the lowest setting of one, it is barely warm. When running on battery power, it is barely warm. Since the pool of water being warmed is shallow, it seems to be adequate. I certainly don't feel dried out in the morning, and perhaps 2/3 of the water is gone, so it must be working!

Bookbear's comments are consistent with my own. The Everest2 is an excellent CPAP. I may be wrong but I am thinking the power brick drops the voltage down from 110 volts AC to 19 volts DC before power enters the CPAP. That is more than enough to power the CPAP but it insufficient to really warm up a humidifier hot plate for top performance.