See those copper lines going into your hvac system.
Qc in attic no condensate pump.
An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan.
Well mainly it s a way to save space.
Had a new air handler put in the attic and i need to hook up the condensate drain.
This is where the job of the condensate line comes in.
Because dry air holds less heat energy humidity.
Yes this is why i have such distain for 90 furnaces in an attic.
If your air conditioner is not working and the furnace or air handler is located in your attic you will need to inspect the drain pain located directly underneath the evaporator coil in your air conditioning system.
Water lots of it.
Attic hvac systems save space.
So the first sign the condensate pump took a crap is a wet spot on the ceiling.
This drain connects directly from your air conditioner to the outdoors giving condensation a way out of your home.
Hopefully that will stop wet spots in case of failure.
The vent was taped closed when i bought the house.
The old pvc drain had a vent immediately behind the p trap which consisted of a t pointing up with a 6 piece of pvc glued in it.
The water that drains from a central air conditioning unit is condensate that has accumulated on the cooling coils within the unit.
90 furnaces still have an issue even if the drain don t freeze long periods of non use can make condensate problems within the heat exchanger.
Where is the evaporator coil.
And what the heck is it.
Air conditioners pull humidity out of the air and funnel the resulting water or condensate into a drain.
This humidity turns into condensation which can back up in a drain pan connected to the indoor portion of your air conditioner.
I ve also seen heat tape warp pvc pipe sort of spiral like a unicorn.
So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all.
Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts.
Except no one dwells in the attic as much as a basement.
The amount of condensate the unit produces varies increasing as the outdoor humidity level rises.
Air conditioner condensate pumps are a convenient way to collect and dispose of the condensate produced by an air conditioning system when the air handler cooling coil are located in a building location where the cooling condensate cannot be drained away by gravity.
Attached to those copper lines is your evaporator coil.
This pump has a secondary float switch to shut the system down if the pump fails.
You can heat tape but your chances still exist for problems.
Problems with a central air conditioner s condensate drain.
