LyndsyJ wrote:

Hi JeanInMontana,
I'm in Northwestern Wyoming.. same thing. Very dry. We may be in Billings shortly but I'm sure I won't need new settings... only 90 miles away. I've run mine dry too but it was fine. Some days I get condensation but all other times there's none. I thought my filters would be terrible because we live in the country and always have dust but they weren't bad so I don't clean them as often. *joy*.

Lyndsy, you must be in Powell or Cody....LOL  I grew up outside Red Lodge on a ranch and live in Livingston now.  Billings isn't any more humid this time of year.  In summer you might have to turn down some it gets muggy.[/quote]

Hi Jean, Yes, I'm in Powell. My step kids used to live in Rock Dodge... oh, I mean Red Lodge. ;) My husband calls it that, I guess they used to ski there a lot.  Kids are now in Great Falls, Helena and West yellowstone so we visit montana quite a bit.. so much like Wyoming I guess is why I like it so much. Is it Livingston or Lewiston that gets all that crazy wind?

christine wrote:

Jean-

I haven't used a RemStar integrated HH personally, but it should be able to make it through the night at 5/highest setting without running dry, unless there are some major leaks. You may not even be aware of the leaks- most people aren't unless they wake up with an extremely dry mouth or they have a bed partner who complains. I used an F&P 150 HH with my Synchrony BiPAP ST for 3 years and I could tell nights I had leak problems by how much water I used- if it was almost all gone, then something was wrong. An F&P will put out a lot more moisture, as it heats up more then any of the integrated HH do and it doesn't have that big of a water chamber either. I can't think of more then once or twice in 3 years use that it went totally dry; if it went really low it was because I forgot to fill it or I was sleeping way too long (normal night was around 10 hrs, long night might be 12+ hrs).

Now with the integrated ResMed HH with my VPAP Adapt, I use it at 4-6 out of 6, depending on mask used, but still doesn't run out of water. It does end up using most of whatever water is left in humidifier chamber during the day, since the machine blows a small stream of air constantly as long as it has power plugged in. There isn't any heat from the humidifier during the day, but the constant air flow going across the water is enough to cause it to evaporate, much like many household humidifiers that have wicks & fans do- if I take the humidifier chamber off my VPAP, I don't lose any water. Your HH doesn't care what the humidity is in the air, so the difference in room humidity wouldn't affect water use that much; temperature can affect humidity levels, but there shouldn't that drastic of difference from night to night. As for humidity, most years I put off setting up my household humidifier as long as possible after the weather turns cold, which is stupid with forced air heat. This year our humidity level was below 20% when I finally got around to it and neither of us noticed a change in how much water our HH use, nor did it change when we finally got the humidity level over 35-40% (which is much more comfortable, btw).

  All I know is it has gone dry.  I am fairly sure I know when I get a leak.  I have a pressure of 17 and when it leaks it lets me know with either a terrible squeaking and farting noise or I feel the air rushing out.  I realize the humidifier doesn't have "feelings" but the room temp. does fluctuate  with the weather, and our temps have gone from 50 to barely above 0 in one day.  That could be when it used more.  I do think atmospheric humidity matters because the "rainout" issue sure isn't an issue with anyone I have read of here in the west.  Maybe it is the higher pressure, because the water does bubble.


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lindsyj wrote:

LyndsyJ wrote:

Hi JeanInMontana,
I'm in Northwestern Wyoming.. same thing. Very dry. We may be in Billings shortly but I'm sure I won't need new settings... only 90 miles away. I've run mine dry too but it was fine. Some days I get condensation but all other times there's none. I thought my filters would be terrible because we live in the country and always have dust but they weren't bad so I don't clean them as often. *joy*.

Lyndsy, you must be in Powell or Cody....LOL  I grew up outside Red Lodge on a ranch and live in Livingston now.  Billings isn't any more humid this time of year.  In summer you might have to turn down some it gets muggy.

Hi Jean, Yes, I'm in Powell. My step kids used to live in Rock Dodge... oh, I mean Red Lodge. ;) My husband calls it that, I guess they used to ski there a lot.  Kids are now in Great Falls, Helena and West yellowstone so we visit montana quite a bit.. so much like Wyoming I guess is why I like it so much. Is it Livingston or Lewiston that gets all that crazy wind?[/quote]

Unfortunately it is Livingston that gets the wind that makes one crazy....LOL  Why don't you join the forum so I can PM you?  It's free.


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