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Tube may be blocked message
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Tube may be blocked message
I have been using the bleep mask for three months and it is great. The past week on two occasions I wake up and there is a message on the machine that says the tube might be blocked. I have checked all the connections and even replaced my heated tubing. Upon researching this it says it might be a rainout issue but I don’t have this problem. I sometimes get a few water droplets in the mask but is probably from my own breathing hot air in the tube. I also put a cozy wrap on my tubing.
I use a Resmed aircurve 10 vauto and it is only two years old.

Can anyone please help me with this issue?
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RE: Tube may be blocked message
If you overfill the humidifier chamber, enough water can blow into the tube or chamber outlet to trigger the message.
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RE: Tube may be blocked message
Makes sense sleeprider, but I usually only fill the humidifier chamber half way.  I use a room humidifier and I notice it doesn’t use much water throughout the night.
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RE: Tube may be blocked message
until this moment I would have said I don't have a rainout problem either. never had in 4 years of cpap.

recently my machine shut down a couple times, reporting a blocked tube. I attributed it to a clogged p10 vent but I can't prove it.

about the same time I was waking to substantial watery moisture on my mustache. I assumed that was also a consequence of a clogged vent.

I always figured rainout would be obvious but now I wonder; maybe it doesn't take an 'obvious' amount of water to produce an error.

I fill the chamber about once a week but don't turn it on so lately I've been using a standard unheated tube. indoor humidity is around 50% this time of year and room temp at night is 66F.
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RE: Tube may be blocked message
Thanks sheepless for your feedback.
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