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"Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
#11
RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
I always drag my climatline hose under the covers in winter, to help keep it warm and avoid condensation. I have my S9 quite close to the bed and slightly higher than the mask, as per the destructions. I trap the hose, about 10" from the machine, under my pillow and from there have it run under the bedding. Occasionally, the hose will escape and droop down toward the floor, which is when I (rarely) experience the dreaded gurgle.

BTW, my climateline hose warms up fairly quickly after switching the machine on but then cools down again, staying (so it seems) cold throughout the night, if I don't keep it next to my body. Does that sound right, or should the hose stay warm?
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#12
RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
I too, get some clicking sounds from my mask / hose swivel joint. This happens occasionally. It's happened with both my AirFit F20 and my F30 masks. 

As far as I know, I haven't had any rain out issues since having started SA therapy. When I took my in-lab sleep study tests, it happened there as well. I was using an AirFit F20 mask. 

I'm thinking it has something to do with the hose swivel. I say that because as soon as it starts, I can change my breathing pattern and it then stops. It seems to happen if I take short, accelerated breaths.  Dont-know
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
(06-23-2019, 04:50 AM)StevesSp Wrote: I always drag my climatline hose under the covers in winter, to help keep it warm and avoid condensation. I have my S9 quite close to the bed and slightly higher than the mask, as per the destructions. I trap the hose, about 10" from the machine, under my pillow and from there have it run under the bedding. Occasionally, the hose will escape and droop down toward the floor, which is when I (rarely) experience the dreaded gurgle.

BTW, my climateline hose warms up fairly quickly after switching the machine on but then cools down again, staying (so it seems) cold throughout the night, if I don't keep it next to my body. Does that sound right, or should the hose stay warm?

My experience with the heated hose is that there’s a perception of being warm then cooling off a bit. It’s probably me and not a malfunction as I don’t get rainout. And that’s even with the humidifier on 8 as it’s sometimes set that way. So this warm then cooling sensation is probably normal unless your heated hose isn’t reducing rainout.
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
this is a seven year old thread but this issue has come up several times recently. it could very well be the mask but I'm quite sure in my case it's not the p10 nasal pillows I use. I often hear a clicking sound that I can sometimes see in the movement of the hose and which I'm guessing is a humidifier chamber seal. I think I can see it in the movement of the hose. it happens in transitions between inhale/exhale when pressure is higher or with a sharp inhale. if I concentrate on breathing easily and smoothly it stops. I hear it more with my older water chamber. I can make it stop by wiggling, reinserting the water chamber and/or either resting the chamber against the wall adjacent to my nightstand or pulling it away from the wall. sometimes reaching into the machine where the chamber seats and wetting the silicone-y internal water chamber seals helps. the seal internal to the chamber may be a factor too and one of these days I'll be forced to replace the chamber. I keep water in the chamber but don't turn it on. the clicking seems to happen more as the water level drops. other times if the water chamber doesn't seat just right I get a loud whistling from it, worse on inhale.
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
(05-12-2012, 06:17 PM)zonk Wrote: Also you could place the hose under the bed covers and the S9 lower than the bed
also lower the setting just a notch may help.

This.  I fall asleep on my back nearly 50% of the time, so in anticipation I bring the hose all the way over to my opposite side from the machine and allow it to loop up to my face.  This means the length of hose must lie across my midriff, but I place it over the top sheet and under the covers.  My body heat, at least for much of the night, helps to keep the tubing warm.  Also, the friction afforded by both the sheet and the covers helps to keep the hose from looping to the floor as I toss and turn.

..or, spring for a climatline hose.  Smile
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#16
RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
I'm no expert, but:

The masks, and the coupling to the hose, have valves that close if there isn't enough pressure coming from the CPAP machine to close them, when you breath in. If they didn't, and you lost power, you wouldn't get enough fresh air and oxygen, and would suffocate.

Therefore, a leak, anywhere, could produce this effect. E.g., check the fit of your mask. Also, make sure the humidifier is connected firmly, everywhere, and that everything is seated right.
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
Henry Cho...What’s That Clicking Noise?
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
FWIIW, I had the same problem, after I upped my humidity level a level. But, at about the same time, I rolled over onto my heated hose, which must have damaged the wire, and it no longer gets warm. I'm annoyed it was so fragile.

I also noticed there was a little water in the hose after that night. 

I "fixed" it by draining the hose, and dropping the humidity level two notches.

I understand why killing the heating element would cause water condensation. But why would water affect the flaps?
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#19
RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
BTW, if the part the hose nearest you is suspended higher than both you and the machine (but never put the machine higher than you, or you could drown), most of the water runs back to the machine, instead of to you. But that's only theory; I haven't tried it.

Editted by poster: OOPS, I'm sorry - someone else already gave this answer. I'm an idiot.
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RE: "Clicking" sound when I breathe in...
(06-24-2019, 10:47 PM)camper2 Wrote: FWIIW, I had the same problem, after I upped my humidity level a level. But, at about the same time, I rolled over onto my heated hose, which must have damaged the wire, and it no longer gets warm. I'm annoyed it was so fragile.

I also noticed there was a little water in the hose after that night. 

I "fixed" it by draining the hose, and dropping the humidity level two notches.

I understand why killing the heating element would cause water condensation. But why would water affect the flaps?

The water in the tube it’s self makes a clicking noise, it’s got nothing to do with the flaps
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