All of a sudden rainout after years of use and now Condensation in Mask & Elbow only.

[sauerkraut]

HMG7450;
I had a similar problem .. I thought My climateline had gone bad ..
Turned out to be a humidity and temperture change ..  I reduced 
the AS 11s humidity setting to 3 and bought a hose cover .. End of 
problem !! 
Good Luck ..
Steve

[HMG7450]

I guess this leaves me with two more questions. Isn’t the Climate  Line heated tubing there for a purpose - to prevent moisture in the mask? How can I still be getting moisture in the heated tubing if that’s its purpose? Second, why isn’t the Auto setting for humidity and Auto for tube temp stopping the water in my mask? Is there something wrong with the Auto setting that it can’t detect the appropriate amount of humidity to use without doing too much then water dripping all over my nose and waking me up?

[pholynyk]

If your mask has a shorty tube, that may allow the air to cool unless you can use a tube cove for it. In any case, if your room is cool, the mask and cushion may be cool enough for your exhaled breath to condense on the cushion. Raising the tube temperature may help to eliminate that.

[sauerkraut]

HMG7450;
Like anything on Auto it has a minimum and maximum parameter ..
If the conditions fall outside of them it will only adjust so far and 
hold there ..
Good Luck ..    Steve

[mlasham]

I have the exact same issue, though I'm using a F&P SleepStyle with the Icon 2 mask.

My clinic just advised me to try running with the machine as low as possible - probably on the floor, and to keep the hose  covered under the bedding.
Will try that tonight and see if it makes a difference.

did you get anywhere with your issue?

[HMG7450]

Thanks for your response.  No I did not get anywhere with my issue. My nasal mask is still filling with water and dripping off my nose all night waking me up a lot.  I can’t believe the auto function for humidity on Resmed 11 has it that wrong. If it’s auto it should find the correct humidity and adjust accordingly without dropping water in my mask. Pretty sure it’s not in tube- I think it’s just condensing in the nasal mask but not positive.  No way to tell. I have my tube temp at 78. Any lower and it doesn’t agree with my nose.  About to give up on this Cpap thing. Dripping water in my mask waking me up defeats the whole purpose.

[mlasham]

Last night I slept with the cpap on the floor and the hose coming up under my sheets to the mask.
I did get some moisture on my nose by morning time but it was much reduced.
Will try again tonight to see how that goes.

[Sleeprider]

Having the tube rise from the CPAP should help quite a bit. There are covers for the tube swivel and mask sold by Pad-A-Cheek that might insulate against condensation. They are listed in the Supplier List.