ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier
My ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier, use to work on Setting 4, I use to see condensation on the water tank in the AM's. for the past couple of day in the AM's the heating element has been ice cold, the only water that has been used is due to Passover from the Air flow.
I took the unit back to my DPME seller and they said that if the Humidity in the Room is up then the unit will not heat just turn up the Humidifier setting to a higher number. I don't want to turn it up to a higher setting , I want to use the setting I have always use which is 4. It use to heat at this setting now it doesn't. Plus a higher Humidifier setting I get wash-out.
Has any body experienced this? I think the DPME seller just don't want to send the unit back to have it checked out, just trying to puul the wool over my eyes.
Any ideas or comments greatly appreciated.
Thanks
RE: ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier
(08-12-2015, 10:02 AM)Rodney Wrote: My ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier, use to work on Setting 4, I use to see condensation on the water tank in the AM's. for the past couple of day in the AM's the heating element has been ice cold, the only water that has been used is due to Passover from the Air flow.
I took the unit back to my DPME seller and they said that if the Humidity in the Room is up then the unit will not heat just turn up the Humidifier setting to a higher number. I don't want to turn it up to a higher setting , I want to use the setting I have always use which is 4. It use to heat at this setting now it doesn't. Plus a higher Humidifier setting I get wash-out.
Has any body experienced this? I think the DPME seller just don't want to send the unit back to have it checked out, just trying to puul the wool over my eyes.
Any ideas or comments greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hey Rodney. These humidifiers have a humidity sensor in them. If the humidity in the room has moved up and is higher than the humidity setting you have it set for, then the humidifier will NOT add any more water to the blowing air. That's likely why it's not using any water in its tank, unless it is malfunctioning. The room air that you breath through your machine may well be more moist than previously.
So if you want to test your humidifier, do what you've been advised and "call their bluff" and/OR find out if they're right. If they are right and you turn WAY up the humidifier setting just for this test, the humidifier will use water in the tank. If it doesn't use water, then the humidifier is probably broken. Either way you will find out what's what. Make sense as a test?
Best, --Papit
RE: ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier
I think the DME is jacking you around, Rodney. (I hate DME's too. Always glad to take your money but
the second you have an issue, they perceive you as a liability. They hire stupid people too.
I was told by one that I had to unplug the unit during the day or mold would grow in it.
Really?
)
I digress:
So, why do I say such? Because an electronic and accurate humidistat (humidity control with sensor)
(consumer grade devices are notoriously squirrelly)
to do what they SAY in your CPAP would cost as much as the machine itself and I KNOW
they wouldn't implement anything like that.
Papit's advise is good.
Run that test on it. If it's still dead cold, take it back for repair/replacement.
It would be warm/hot in just a couple minutes.
Cheers & good luck!
"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable." - Thomas Foxwell Buxton
RE: ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier
Go into my options, down near the bottom of that menu, maybe two from bottom is "Run Warmup" .......select it so the machine is in warmup cycle.......observe the screen for the proper warm up indications, then after about five minutes take out the humidifier tub and feel for heat in your heat plate. Probably the quickest way to see if it's working.
RE: ResMed AireSence Autoset 10 Humidifier
(08-13-2015, 05:07 AM)Shastzi Wrote: I think the DME is jacking you around, Rodney. (I hate DME's too. Always glad to take your money
What a shame, this seems to be common with DME's. My DME Carlos is awesome! He called 4 times in the first two weeks of treatment just to check on me and even provides his personal cell phone number to his patients although he won't answer between 9pm and 7am, duh.
