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From: Sleeper on 5 Aug 2008 17:07
Bowman wrote...

> I clean my gear weekly. Resmed S8. I fill the tank with antibacterial soap and
> water (AS&W), then let it sit for a few hours. I disassemble my mask and soak it
> in the sink (I clean the sink first of course) in AS&W for 5 minutes, rinse, let

I normally fill mine with demineralised water that I get from work. But recently
I've been slack and have used tap water for a while.

I decided to clean it out for the first time in 18mths. The stainless steel heat
transfer area has a build up of what appears to be calcium or whatever. I have
to get some CLR to give it a good clean as scrubbing it didn't help.

In any case, I put hot soapy water in the two tank halves and gave them a good
scrubbing with a sponge, rinsed with hot water and let them dry. I then filled
the hose with hot soapy water and sloshed that around, then flushed it with
clean hot water and let it drain.

More or less the same procedure with the face mask.


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The next war will determine not what is right, but what is
left.
From: Nospam Please on 5 Aug 2008 21:15
I have the F&P permanent humidifier reservoir with the plastic dome and the
removable SS base.

Weekly, I remove the base and clean the base and dome with hot (well, warm)
soapy water, rinse and let the beast air-dry.

Daily, I rinse with hot water without opening it. Note I have soft water
(from Lake Erie) so build-up doesn't seem to be a problem. I've been doing
this for several years; apparently successfully.

Paul R

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> Bowman wrote...
>
>> I clean my gear weekly. Resmed S8. I fill the tank with antibacterial
>> soap and
>> water (AS&W), then let it sit for a few hours. I disassemble my mask and
>> soak it
>> in the sink (I clean the sink first of course) in AS&W for 5 minutes,
>> rinse, let
>
> I normally fill mine with demineralised water that I get from work. But
> recently
> I've been slack and have used tap water for a while.
>
> I decided to clean it out for the first time in 18mths. The stainless
> steel heat
> transfer area has a build up of what appears to be calcium or whatever. I
> have
> to get some CLR to give it a good clean as scrubbing it didn't help.
>
> In any case, I put hot soapy water in the two tank halves and gave them a
> good
> scrubbing with a sponge, rinsed with hot water and let them dry. I then
> filled
> the hose with hot soapy water and sloshed that around, then flushed it
> with
> clean hot water and let it drain.
>
> More or less the same procedure with the face mask.
>
>
> --
> The next war will determine not what is right, but what is
> left.


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From: magesteff on 15 Aug 2008 01:46
On Jul 27, 10:25 am, argh.matey.a...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> I would like to think things are progressing nicely.  One thing I have
> found is that cleaning suggestions (frequency) vary widely.  Ideally
> once a day would be good but for most everyday just isn't doable all
> the the time.  A nurse suggested that you can really "get by" doing
> once a week (not ideal but you can).  She did make clear that moisture
> is the enemy (bacteria etc) and that you should dry out your
> humidifier and mask every day.  Anyway I purchased a 5 dollar O2cool
> flex fan (with foam blades batt powered)  I empty my reservoir every
> morning and just turn this little fan on and direct the airflow into
> the plenum and within a half hour or so its dry.  Use it on my mask
> also.  I use rechargable batts and they go as long as 90 min. or so.
> I'm planning on taking this light wieght item on a oversears trip to
> make drying easier.  The good thing about this fan is that its light
> wieght and can be clipped to anything convieniet to do its job.  PS
> started using my unit without the humidifier but with the humidifier I
> seem to have less ear/eustachion tube issues.   Rich

WHen I used distilled water, the humidifier can easily go a week
between cleanings as the distilling process takes out anything that
bacteria could possibly eat. Even just dumping the left over water
out daily and allowing the reservior to air dry (as you have been
doing) you should be able to go a week between cleanings for the
reservior and hoses. Remember to use a plain mild baby shampoo for
cleaning or a product specificaly designed for medical grade silicone
(will state for CPAP or ostemy equipment on the lable) to keep things
clean should be fine to clean stuff just once a week.
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