Posted: 7/4/2006 3:41:38 PM EDT
| My A/C is on the fritz again. It is dripping a lot of water from the metal cooling part. So much that a section of the carpet has turned into a swamp. I've turned it off for now but it is hot as hell in the house. I will get a repair guy out ASAP but last time this happened I remember it was a fairly easy fix. If anyone knows if I can fix this myself, please hurry cause the sun isn't planning on going down for a while. |
Should be a small plastic tube on the front or side of the unit and that tube goes to a drain. edit: removed pict that doesn't show well. see below. |
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You have a clogged hose or drain pipe. On mine it used to be a rubber hose coming out of the left side of the AC. Took it off, pulled the debris out with a bent hanger, took the hose out into the yard and used a garden hose to clean out the drain hose, put it back together and everything was fine. The AC came on and that cold air dried the area around the AC out in about 15 mins. On my new AC there is a white PVC pipe draining out of the left side into a floor drain. GunLvr |
| Hmmm. Well I have 3 pipes coming from the same general area near the condenser. One is just bare pipe and is the smallest and looks like the one in that pic. I'm guessing this to be the one. My roommates are asleep so I'll wait til tomorrow before I start ripping that crap out. If it doesnt work, I'll be posting tomorrow. |
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Do you see a metal drain pan under the unit ? If so , is this pan full of water ? If the drain is plugged , the water will drip into the pan and a float switch will open the compressor circuit . Either way , you shouldn't get water in the house . Since nobody has asked , I assume we ARE talking about a central A/C unit , right ? |
Nope. If theres 3 then you probably have 2 of those as refrigerant lines. Of those 2, one will have foam covering it. (suction line). One will be smaller ie: 1/4 or 3/8" (high side lineset). Dont play with either of those. The one in question will come out of the coil and most likely make a 90 and head for the floor. 
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