I'm still relatively new at this.  Here in Western Oregon the past week was unseasonably hot.  I didn't experience any problem with mask or machine.  

The last two days have been very warm and the nights have been very cool.  Our normal process this time of year is to open up the house when outside air temp equals inside temp and leave the windows open until the next morning.  When I went to bed the temp was 79 degrees - too warm to close the windows.  

Even with a hose sock (whatever they're called), I'm waking up early due to my face being cold and wet.    When I woke up it was 47 degrees.  I do use the heated humidifier and turned it down a notch from normal.

I'm guessing that the only way to control the cold and wet is by moderating the room temp.  Any other ideas?  TIA


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Philomath, a two stop-light town in western Oregon
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Butter is my favorite vegetable.
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Respironics BiPAP Auto M with heated humidifier
Resmed Quattro

The make heated air hoses...

There are a few ways to help:

Turn off the humidifier.  
Raise the temperature in the room.
Put a fabric sleeve over the hose to act as an insulator.
Use a heated hose, such as the Aussie Heated Hose.  (Google for Sleepzone+Hose)

Philomath wrote:

I'm guessing that the only way to control the cold and wet is by moderating the room temp.  Any other ideas?  TIA

It is the same phenomena that fogs up your bathroom mirror.  If you keep the CPAP air & room air at or near the same temperature, there is no surface for water to condense on.

Philomath wrote:

I'm guessing that the only way to control the cold and wet is by moderating the room temp.  Any other ideas?  TIA

While I'm in a more temperate climate than the Pacific North West of the US, its still primarily martime in nature and we certainly get some periods of the year with significant day-to-night temperature variations similar to the those you are reporting.

The solution for me was to use a SleepZone heated hose.... it works wonderful well in preventing cold/wet xPAP experiences when the ambient room temperature is relatively low.  The SleepZone hose includes a hose cover as well as a heating element, so you can also use it "unlugged" for those seasons when the ambient room temperature doesn't warrant having active heating.

Cheers,

Bill

This past weekend we were in California.  The daytime temp passed into triple digits.  But the hotel room was a nippy crisp breath of winter thanks to a killer air conditioner.  Well not thinking and not wanting to breathe 45 degree air crammed into my face at 13cm I turned up the humidifier.  And spent the entire night sounding like I had water in my snorkel.  I completely forgot about condensation.  Needless to say, I drained the hose and turned the H3i down.  It did show me how bad it could get in the winter here as I do not ever turn on heat in the house.  Ironic though that in winter when it is driest, you can't use the humid air...  and in the summer when you NEED the cool air, you can have all the humidity you can handle.