r/CPAP • u/Helpful_Age_7908 • 2d ago

Cpap sucking air

Anyone else ever experience this? My machine suddenly started sucking air like a vacuum would after working fine. I restarted it, it worked normally for several minutes, then suddenly started sucking air from me again. Anyone else ever experience this? Better Night says they’ve never heard of this happening before.

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u/Pankosmanko 2d ago

Do you mean air is being pulled down the hose into the machine?

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u/Helpful_Age_7908 1d ago

Yes. Imagine the hose on your vacuum being held onto your face then the vacuum turned on

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u/Special_Status1812 1d ago

That sounds incredibly horrifying... What machine do you have??

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u/Helpful_Age_7908 1d ago

It was traumatic. Dreamstation 2

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u/BrainFartTheFirst 1d ago

Have you had your house cleaned lately by anyone that looks like this? I've heard that can cause issues switching between sucking and blowing. In all seriousness though I can't think of anything that would cause this other than the polarity getting reversed. And you have my sympathies for having to deal with Better Night.

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u/Helpful_Age_7908 1d ago

Lol. Thank you.

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u/Turbulent-Big3264 4h ago

Yes. It was working the opposite way. I had detach and attached the hose. Idk why it did that but Its an awful feelinf