Commercial users use pan tablets. These are
designed to keep the water flowing (no blockages
of drain lines) which also eliminates the musty odor
sometimes attributed to the wet condensate pans.
The company I work for sells them in boxes of
144 tablets that are about the size of a cupcake.
They cover up to 9 sq. ft. if my memory is correct.
Anybody need 144 of them? <grin>
Steve Hammatt
Mount Vernon WA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: <ScottyGrover@aol.com>
To: <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Cc: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Home a/c question
|
| In a message dated 5/22/2007 8:57:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
| tr3driver@ca.rr.com writes:
|
| > Anyone know what the heck it could be? Or even what the
| > parts are called
| > so that I can talk intelligently about it?
|
|
|
| OK, the complete device is called a furnace/coil/condensing unit. As
others
| have stated, the coil (sitting atop the furnace) dehumidifies the air
and
| deposits the water in a drain pan (part of the coil assembly.) This
collects any
| dust and crud that your furnace filter doesn't catch, turning it into
a
| sort of mud that eventually stops up the tubing coming from the drain
pan. What
| needs to be done? Disassembly of the drain pipe and
| cleaning out the mud (you might be able to use a coat hanger, followed
by
| flushing it out with clear water, then, reassembly.)
| Scotty Grover
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|