When did you last change your filter...

[symmit]

This is after a month...

Clue - the white one is brand new!

[Sparticus]

This is after a month...

Clue - the white one is brand new!

A wee dust down and it will be as good as new, I waited for about 10 months before I did mine only problem was it had disapeared into dust Lmao!

[jackyk]

last week b4 i went for reveiw appointment lol

[James @ Intus]

A good rule of thumb could be "Would I still be happy to put this filter in my Brita jug?". If the answer is no, change it!

[Sparticus]

A good rule of thumb could be "Would I still be happy to put this filter in my Brita jug?". If the answer is no, change it!

Whats Brita's Jugs got to do with anything?

[Sparticus]

Old Fag!

My machine just smells of an old ashtray Ive tried all kinds of things to get rid of the smell but it just aint happening think my next task will be to soak the lot, machine mask hose all of it in bleach and hope it survives, if not tuff

[James @ Intus]

You need a good sterilisation session with the CPAP Guardian. Kills everything in its path, including the things that smell.

[jackyk]

whats one of those james? never heard of it?

do cpap machines need to be PAT tested every year by the hospital?

[Berneta]

Vinegar

Hi Graham, I don't think bleach would be a good thing to use in your machine. Try soaking everything in a strong vinegar solution except the machine. Then rise well and dry. Fill your humidifier with a clean vinegar solution and run your machine with that on high humidity for a couple hours. Then dump and rinse out the humidifier and run the machine with no humidity for several hours with a scented pad next to the intake. It will probably get rid of all the bad the odors. But make sure you run the machine til it smells ok. x Berneta

[Sparticus]

OOpps

I stuck the lot in a bucket of Milton solution now everything has gone a funny colour? even the cushon around the mask has gone white instead of clear? Why?

[symmit]

I stuck the lot in a bucket of Milton solution now everything has gone a funny colour? even the cushon around the mask has gone white instead of clear? Why?

Milton is a bleach, and contains a lot of salt, and also the bleach decomposes to make more salt. The white residue is mostly salt.

Takes a few minutes of running the cpap not to smell like a public swimming pool though!

[Berneta]

Milton

Hi Guys, I bet if you don't rinse most of the salt off the masks you will have salt irritations on your face. x Berneta

[Sparticus]

No problems other than it looks awfull, think I will ask the clinic for a new one today

[James @ Intus]

whats one of those james? never heard of it?

See our CPAP bags section. They are bags + disinfecting in one.

do cpap machines need to be PAT tested every year by the hospital?

There needs to be some form of organised checking of power cables, yes. Only if you are loaned or hire a machine.

[Sparticus]

See our CPAP bags section. They are bags + disinfecting in one.



There needs to be some form of organised checking of power cables, yes. Only if you are loaned or hire a machine.

It will have a testing sticker with the date of the last test