Portable Oxygen Concentrators Preventive Maintenance
You will never know how important preventive maintenance is on your portable oxygen concentrator before day comes when you are ready to travel and your portable oxygen machine is on the fritz. These new oxygen concentrators really don't need much maintenance at all. It truly is as simple as weekly to two weeks pulling out the gross particle filter, that is always the black spongy-like filter on the trunk or side of the machines, wash it down with water and soap and just put it back in. These machines are very easy to use they aren't here to help keep you on your own feet and thinking!
With the battery operated units, otherwise referred to as the portable oxygen machines, make certain you keep the batteries in a nice room temperature spot. On most machines make sure on the first time using the batteries you fully deplete the battery you then have to fully charge the battery to 100% to really have the battery save its memory. Besides that all you need to accomplish is the remove the gross particle filter like I had mentioned previously. Around every 10,000-20,000 hours or average about 3 years or more, you will want it to really have the machine serviced. There are very few companies on the market that will service their very own units, so make sure before you go purchasing a portable or home oxygen concentrators, make sure you ask if the company services their own units.
With the home oxygen machines all you need to do is maintain the gross particle filter, and the hepa filter in the within of the machine. Inogen pops in and pops out so all you need to do is purchase the hepa filter from any oxygen company that sells the units. Most companies will keep these in stock. The home oxygen concentrators last about 20,000-30,000 hours before you need to have it serviced and viewed.
Make sure that you deal with the proper companies when purchasing your portable or home oxygen concentrators. You always want to make sure you have a place to possess your unit fixed and an organization that will continually be there to help you.