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S9 humidifier issue
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S9 humidifier issue
Hello all.

Im new to the board and just bought a reconditioned s9 with a h5i humidifier and heated hose.

This will be my 4th night tonight have has great sucess with the last 2 nights being under 1 AHI.

My issue is with the humidifier, i have it set to auto and have used next to no water from the chamber. Last night i woke with a very dry mouth.

My questions are;

1) is it normal to use no water from the chamber
2) is it normal for the lights on the humidifier to go out during the night
3) is it normal for the lights on the humidifier to stay on when the machine is fully shut down.
4) does the blue light mean cooling and yellow mean heating. 

I have done some Google research but found little info.

It is the middle of winter in aus here at the moment.

Any checks i could do to test the unit would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Bradsky
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#2
RE: S9 humidifier issue
Need to improve my Google skills

Just saw this video.

4th post... sorry

Wont let me post a link...
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Thia forum is smarter than me
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#4
RE: S9 humidifier issue
1) It depends on the atmospheric humidity & temperature in the room and what the auto setting is. I have never found that I used half the water, usually less, sometimes much less.
2) IIRC, yes (but it's been a couple of years since I used an S-9. Most folks don't really want lights on all night. Example - lighted screens - particularly bluish lights - are a huge complaint.)
3) I don't think so.
4) No. The unit does not "cool".

When you get up, take the water chamber out and feel the plate at the bottom. Is it very slightly warm ("warm" may still feel cool as it may very well be a few degrees less than body temperature)? I suppose you could stick a thermometer in the water without letting the bulb touch the metal bottom and see if it is a couple of degrees above room temp. The heating humidifier is not supposed to "heat up" the water significantly or the air. It is only intended to raise the temperature a few degrees to increase vapor pressure, not supply a warm sensation to the user. IIRC, the highest possible heat setting on the S-9 when using climate line hose is 30 deg C.

http://www.resmed.com/us/en/consumer/sup...-faqs.html

http://www.resmed.com/us/dam/documents/p...sa_eng.pdf

OMMOHY
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RE: S9 humidifier issue
Hi Bradsky,
WELCOME! to the forum.!
Good luck to you with CPAP therapy, hang in there for more responses to your post.
trish6hundred
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RE: S9 humidifier issue
The light in the humidifier should dim out after a minute or so. It's blue in the daytime; and sort of yellow at night. I do not know if it uses the internal clock or a light sensor to determine what color to use.

Australia is a big country, so it varies from Darwin to Melbourne. Darwin being in the tropics; and Melbourne in the mid southern latitudes.
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RE: S9 humidifier issue
Thanks for the replies. The element is working, did the checks.

I think my mouth was open when i had the dry mouth?

Set to patient mode laat night on 27 degrees and was fine.

Managed to keep the p10 on all night for once.?
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My emojis came out as question marka
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