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Know your limits (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [S] 12 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I wouldn't mind having a CPAP that doesn't taste like burnt plastic anymore.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Take it apart and wash everything. They are really pretty simple devices. I literally just finished replacing the motor on my ResMed S9. It has 8 allen head screws in total, and they were all the same size. I used an allen wrench that came with my 3D printer, it's not marked but measures 2 mm across. It took me less than 10 minutes to get it apart. This guy has a pretty nice breakdown.

    Everything except for the main board, SD card, and motor can be washed with dish soap in your sink.

    I've taken apart a couple others and they were pretty simple too, so I willing to bet that you can find a tear down video on pretty much all of them out there.

    Make sure to wash the water tank really well and wipe it's inside down. Mini cpaps coat there water tanks with a bittering agent that stinks when you run out of water. So just be sure and never to let it run out of water, or turn off your water function.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Did that last week. Follow the teardown guide and cleaned it ALL with isopropal alcohol. Issue remains. I can't not use the water thing unfortunately because I wake up with lips cracked to the point of bleeding.

    I'm just gonna die.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    That sucks.
    Is your cpap a unit like the resmed where the water tank can be removed and not used? The reason I ask is because I am curious if you can hook it up without the water tank and let it run for longer than 10 minutes without you wearing it and then check to see if you still smell the burnt plastic? That would at least let you narrow it down to whether it's a water tank issue or something in the head unit.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Do you get new supplies regularly?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    No, that would require being able to afford new supplies. I swapped out the nasal pillows about six or seven months ago. The headgear gets swapped out about three or four months ago. The hose and the tub have been used for the past three to four years. Machine itself is 10 years old and I've never had anyone ever look at it. Filters I can actually change out a bit.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Don't know what part of the world you're in but Amazon cpap supplies were pretty reasonable when I didn't want to visit the doctor just for a new prescription. There is also a sanitizer used for home brewing that should be able to sanitize your tank and hose to make it good as new.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    A full mask replacement for me would be about $200. A hose replacement for me would be about $100. A tank replacement would also be about $100.

    I can't sanitize these things back into use unfortunately. The hose is starting to show extreme degradation from multiple years of use, as well as a cat chewing on it. The tank is starting to show signs of rust and I can't imagine that that is going to be a great thing for me to be breathing in. So I can't be using that for too much longer. The entire mask also needs to be replaced because the front face plate is cracked and I cannot order a replacement face plate. I'm looking at $400 to $500. All of which would do nothing to replace the issue of it tasting like plastic because for whatever reason, that is coming from inside of the machine itself.

    I may just die.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I don’t understand why your hose would be 100 bucks, the ones on Amazon are more like 10 bucks. That’s where I would start if you have plastic smell because yours is just simply way past its design lifespan.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The cycle that the medical industrial complex has us on is insane! Don’t pay them.

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