A key initial step in using a SoClean machine involves connecting it properly to your CPAP's water chamber to facilitate the cleaning process.
Initial Setup: Connecting to Your CPAP
When setting up your SoClean machine for the very first time to work with your CPAP equipment, you need to make a specific connection involving the CPAP's water chamber. This connection allows the cleaning process to reach the necessary parts of your CPAP system through the humidification circuit.
According to the provided information from the reference, the initial physical connection steps are as follows:
- Unhook the Tubing: The process begins by advising to "unhook my tubing only for the very first time." This indicates a temporary detachment of your standard CPAP breathing tube from the machine or mask interface.
- Open the Water Chamber Lid: Next, you must open the lid of your CPAP machine's water chamber or humidifier reservoir.
- Feed the SoClean Tubing: The critical connection is made by feeding the "black tubing" from the SoClean unit "down into my water chamber." This tube serves as the conduit for the cleaning process into the CPAP system via the water reservoir.
These steps describe the foundational physical setup required before the SoClean unit can integrate with and perform its automated cleaning cycles on your connected CPAP equipment.
