I want to flow cool air into the mask...........

wabmorgan · Post by **wabmorgan** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:49 am

admiralross wrote:
Anonymous wrote:62F..... maybe your nickname should be POLARBEAR!!!!!!!!!
It's more reasons here. I have tons of computer equipment in my master bedroom. So keeping things cold in here is a must.

I also have computer equipment in my bedroom.... and it does heat things up. I am planning on moving the PC or my bed to another room soon for that reason.

Daddysaur · Post by **Daddysaur** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:45 pm

extremeliver,

I like your idea but would add a vent/butterfly valve to mix outside with inside air for temp control when God's country turns into Frosty's country. And when you finish setting this up and relax on a spring evening for your comfortable nights sleep, try not to think of skunks.

Andy156 · Post by **Andy156** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:10 pm

I find even with a low 62 degree room the air flow is still too warm. They need to include refrigeration in the humidifier.

squid13 · Post by **squid13** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:21 pm

This thread is 9 years old, there long gone.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sat Nov 26, 2016 7:55 pm

tleatham wrote:
rooster wrote:tleatham,

What is the temperature of the air in your room?
My wife and I keep the central air set at about 72 at night. In addition we run the ceiling fan above the bed so there is plenty of cool air moving about. While I have always loved to sleep with the room extra cool (I grew up in Idaho so that wasn't normally a problem) I can't really subject my wife, nor do I want to incur the cost of keeping the A/C at a level to cool the room to the 60s.

Having the chipped ice in the humidifier resevoir works fairly well to begin with and usually helps me get to sleep. However if I wake in the middle of a night I have a hard time getting back to sleep because the air is no longer cool enough for me to be comfortable. Unless the air is cool to borderline cold my simple little mind freaks out that I'm suffocating.

I'm really glad for one of the other posts that noted the mini air coolers/conditioners. I'm certainly going to look into that as an option to blow much cooler air into the machine and see if that helps. If that doesn't seem to help then I may be forced to "invent" another solution. One idea that I've thought about is to buy one of those dorm room fridges and put my machine in there then boring a hole to run the hose through which would allow cool air to flow into, be cool during circulation within and cool during initial flow out of the machine into the hose. I'm not sure if this is feasible, workable or even a good idea but it's one that's been kicking through my head.

While it seems that there are only a few others here with like issues as I it also seems logical that modern science would have provided a workable solution for this issue unless there are other concerns. Does anyone know why it might not be good to pump air cooler than normal room temp into the mask, lungs and breathing passages at the pressure/rate administered by my cpap machine (currently at 11)?

Thanks to all who have replied to my post. I'm new to cpaptalk.com and have found the correspondence shared between others who share my "infliction" reassuring and calming. I'm very grateful.

Tom (in Memphis)

That is why I use a room A/c in the bedroom, my new one is 12,000 btu, energystar only draws 1,000 watt or under on low fan, and also turns off the fan when room cools, then is runs the fan 45 sec every 10 minutes to move room air, when the room warms up it starts the compressor and brings the temp down,then repeats the cycle, it has a remote... Frigidaire.... Jim I sleep alone wife couldn't stand the cold.

They are gone, but the problem is still here,

12,000 BTU Window Air Conditioner with 11.3 EER, R-410A Refrigerant, 3.8 Pts/Hr Dehumidification, 550 sq. ft. Cooling Area, Clean Air Ionizer and Remote Control
$381.99 It's a class act.

UX108 · Post by **UX108** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:46 am

You’ve described my experience with the CPAP exactly. Please let me know if you’v found a solution.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:20 pm

The post above yours is the solution. Cool room air cools the machine air, it doesn't get simpler than that. Jim

edatlanta · Post by **edatlanta** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:57 am

Goofproof wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:02 pm
If you want a cooler outcome, you must cool the room air, as in A/C. I put a 10,000 BTU GE in my bedroom window, it goes down to 64 degrees, that's where it's set, if it went down to 62, i'd use that.

Cold water or ice in the HH won't last and the sweating will ruin the electronics of the HH. Jim

You sound like my son in law. My daughter and grandchildren wear sweats in the house year round and they live in the Atlanta area. No residential a/c gets cold enough for him.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:52 am

edatlanta wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:57 am

Goofproof wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:02 pm
If you want a cooler outcome, you must cool the room air, as in A/C. I put a 10,000 BTU GE in my bedroom window, it goes down to 64 degrees, that's where it's set, if it went down to 62, i'd use that.

Cold water or ice in the HH won't last and the sweating will ruin the electronics of the HH. Jim
You sound like my son in law. My daughter and grandchildren wear sweats in the house year round and they live in the Atlanta area. No residential a/c gets cold enough for him.

In the winter, I keep the furnace vents closed, and still sometimes run the A/C. My internal thermometer broke in Viet Nam 1966. I worked as a mechanic in Surface Coal Mining outside at 30 degrees and inside the shop at 20 degrees, in a "T" Shirt, as long as I'm moving I'm Hot. Drove the woman in the parts office crazy she had a furnace , coat on and a under desk heater.

Jim

ZorkNation · Post by **ZorkNation** » Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:14 am

I find this extremely annoying too. My humidifier heats the air. I need it cold or my head gets extremely uncomfortable and I wake up feeling like I'm suffocating. I also feel like not enough exhalation clears from the mask, like I'm breathing into a bag. I basically can't use it.

Janknitz · Post by **Janknitz** » Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:50 pm

Another cool air person here. We don't have AC, and I don't bother to chill the water, but during the summer when it's warm, the air from the CPAP is always cooler than room air, and I often put my hands or wrists in front of the vent on my mask to help myself cool off. During the winter we keep our heat at 55 at night, so it's plenty cool in our room. I sleep best in a cool room, warm bed. But since menopause I always wake up at 4:30 a.m. sweltering, even in the winter. My mask, however, vents nice, cool air.

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