How To Use Your Humidifier Bottle With Your Philips Oxygen Concentrator
Are you in a climate where you may need a bit of additional humidity with your supplemental concentrated oxygen? A humidifier bottle can help you get the extra moisture you desire, and you’ll discover exactly how you can use it here in this article and video.
In several of the locations we service it’s typical to get a bubble humidifier with your concentrator.
Using it right will provide you that ideal level of extra moisture you want with your concentrated oxygen.
What Kind Of Water Should You Use In Your Bubbler?
You’ll want to make sure the water you use is distilled. Distilled water is easy to get and it’s the best for using with your concentrator because it contains no impurities.
How much water should you put in your bubble humidifier ?
There will typically be obvious lines labeled minimum and maximum on your bottle. For the majority of people, filling the bottle a about a third of the way, or a little bit over the minimum level is ideal. This adds moisture to your oxygen treatment without creating too much humidity.
After you’ve put in the right amount of water you’ll want to strap your humidifier bottle securely to the EverFlo concentrator using the velcro strap.
Make sure the lid and the knob on top of the concentrator where the tubing comes out of are on snugly. You don’t need to make them tight, only snug.
While you are operating your concentrator without the bubbler your nasal cannula will be connected directly to the oxygen outlet port near the upper left side of your EverFlo oxygen concentrator.
When you are using the bubbler, the tubing coming out of the top of the bottle will connect right to the oxygen outlet port on the concentrator, and you’ll connect your cannula tube to the outlet on the side of the lid of your humidifier bottle.
Be sure the tubing extending from the humidifier bottle to the concentrator is not restricted or bent so you get a good flow through the tubing.
Turn your oxygen concentrator on once everything is properly connected. If you did it the right way the water will be bubbling. If it’s not, make certain your hoses are secure and snug up the lid and knob on top of the bottle again.
Now you’ll be getting the added humidity you need to keep your nose from drying out from the extra air flow the concentrator is delivering to you.
If anything is unclear, make sure to watch or re watch the video. If you still have questions, call us and we’ll trouble shoot the issue with you.
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Robert OBrien
I have a 15 ft hose attached to the bubbler, which is attached to the nose tubing. I can see bubbles scattered through the hose, at one point, it looks like solid water for about one half inch. My wife says when first starting to use the concentrator, some times she will get a nose full of water. Are we doing something wrong.
Stacy
It seems like you are most likely over filling the bubbler bottle. Try using a very small amount of water and see if that changes things. There should be a max fill line towards the bottom of the bubbler bottle and you shouldn’t go above that line.
Nana Kwansa
Please I have been using bipap and everflo oxygen concentrator since 2004. The humidifier bottle filled with distilled water flows water thru the short tube to the concentrator. Is it normal or water is not supposed to run into the concentrator.
Please advice the soonest.
Thank you
Stacy
The tubes might be hooked up wrong. The water should not be flowing into the concentrator.
Mary Strossner
I just got the bubbler attachment, the instructions say to test it by putting your finger over the nozzle for 15 seconds and then you should hear a whistling. I did not get a whistling so I readjusted the lid and connections. Still no whistling. It bubbles and air is flowing. Should I be concerned that the test did not whistle? I’m concerned it is not airtight even though it bubbles and oxygen is flowing.
Stacy
Hi Mary, If you are getting bubbles it’s most likely working just fine. If you have a pulse oximeter you could test yourself before and during the time you are using the machine. You’d see the increase in your oxygen saturation after using the machine for about a minute if the oxygen is getting to you. That being said, the bubbles are a good indicator that it’s working correctly. If you have any doubt, call up Philips directly to see if they confirm the bubbles are a good enough indicator that it’s working.
Jean
Hi Mary, I ran my concentrator with a bubbler humidifier bottle at 2L for 12 hours and the water was bubbling. However, I couldn’t feel any moisture, and the water level didn’t appear to be reduced at all in 12 hours. After 12 hours, how much water approximately do you think would be used? Would it be noticeable? I put my canula in a Ziploc bag with the concentrator turned on with humidity and I’m not seeing any moisture in the bag at all after an hour. Does it sound like it’s working?
Thank you very much!!
Stacy
How much water did you have in the bubbler? It must have been working if it had water bubbling, but it is odd that no water was leaving the bubbler.
Colleen
I just got a bubbler dropped off, there were no short hoses with it to attach water unit to concentrator. Shouldn’t there be?
Stacy
It depends on the machine, but usually a short hose is needed to attach it to the concentrator. What kind of machine do you have?
Audrey Moebius
Why do I have water in green 25 foot tubing and does the bubbler decrease oxygen flow?
Stacy
The bubbler does not decrease oxygen flow, it only increases moisture with the oxygen. This can be helpful if your nose is getting dry when you are getting oxygen without the bubbler. Also, if you’re getting a lot of moisture in the tube, put less water in the bubbler. There is usually a max fill line on the bubbler, and you shouldn’t fill it any higher than that or you’ll have excess water in the tube.
Lisa
Hello, what happens if the bubbler runs out of water?
Stacy
If the bubbler runs out of water, and it was properly attached from the beginning, you’ll still be getting oxygen, but without any extra moisture. You’ll know the bubbler is attached right, and you are getting oxygen when you can see the bubbler is making bubbles when the machine is on.
Darla
My mother is using a O2 concentrator. It is not a portable one but a stationary one. She is telling me that when the water runs out of the bubbler that she no longer is getting oxygen. Is that true? And if the lid is screwed back on after filling the concentrator bubbler and it is cross threaded but the container is still closed. Will she lose oxygen?
Stacy
Hi, Thank you for the question. If you are using a bubbler and the water runs out, you will still be getting oxygen. So you don’t have to worry about the water running out. Regarding your 2nd question, I’m a little unclear about what you are asking exactly, but I think the following will answer your question. Once you refill the bubbler, you’ll know your getting oxygen through the bubbler if it’s bubbling. If it’s not bubbling, there is probably a leak somewhere and the oxygen is not going through it. I hope this helps. If you need further clarification, let me know.