Why is my air handler for central AC leaking water?
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Found a central AC air handler leaking water all over basement floor. Found plugged filter. Found evaporator coil pan full of water. Drain was completely clogged. Had to free up drain to fix the problem.
Nice to see service techs that don’t rip people off. Thanks for that and the video.
Dude. I really appreciate that comment. I hate techs that do that also. Happy Memorial Day.
@@hvacotj and you as well Sir.
Found your video after having the same leak in our AC unit. Helped me unclog our drainage line. Thanks very much!
I'm glad it worked out. Thank you.
Thank you man! Having this same issue. Changed the filter and it improved for a few days but happened again today and checked the drain pipe and water is barely coming out. Will repair this weekend thanks to this video - saved me a few bucks and made me confident to handle it!
Thank you for commenting. I hope it works for you.
The clog is 99% of the time at the end of the line because that is where light and critters and things gain entry. Aside from your random spore that gets caught in the condensate trap and has just the right amount of heat to reproduce, it's always at the tip. Just the tip.
Ok
Thank you for the video 😊👍
Good work !!!!!!!
Thanks so much
Good job budd 😊
Got to love those easy calls.
Yes definitely.
Just unclogged mine. What is the best way to be sure everything is dry.
Test with water. Like a Poland spring bottle. Pour from trap or pan throughout.
I just found a nice surprise. My air handler is in the attic. Looks to have the same issue as what to showed here. Question, is it normal to have water below the coils? Minimal water ok? E are in Alabama so it’s pretty humid here. But I’m definitely going to clean out that drain pipe. I’m positive that thing is clogged.
Oh and I get to replace some of the ceiling drywall as a bones….hehe
No you shouldn’t have any water below the pipe. It may be clogged and or run some water through so make sure there is not a small crack. Thanks for watching.
Great video. I have a water leak only when the unit is off. When the AC is on, no water leak at all. I had a plumber clear the primary line and the P-Trap was replaced.
I will check the filter tomorrow to ensure it is not clogged and dirty.
what does it say to you if the water leaking happens only when the unit is offline? A cracked in the unit drain pan?
Thanks!
It can be. Also check the level of the air handler.
@@hvacotj Thanks for taking the time to reply. The filter looks clean, not clogged. The coil is not icy. One observation: When the unit is ON, there is no water that I can see coming out of the air-handler into the PVC and down the drain. When the unit is OFF, I can feel the water drained. Is that expected? If so, what happens to all of the water in the system when the unit is ON?
Thanks again!
@@galg3967sounds like the drain doesn’t have a p trap or an improperly installed p trap. And the negative pressure from the blower won’t let the water drain until it shuts off and stops blowing air.
First cold night and everything shut down. Ecobee off ,fuse is good, and nothing happening breakers are still on. Opened electric furnace panels to find water everywhere. Dripping from ac coils? On the the air handler and down onto some electronics in the bottom of the furnace. Someone's gonna love this call! Why would I have water dripping from the coils? This is a double wide btw.
That’s weird unless it was in cooling mode by mistake and system froze. If it has a coil? Electric backup heat air handler? Does it have a float switch? That would kill the power on Ecobee. Remove the water from pan and restart system in heat. That’s what I can say without looking at it. I know the double wide usually has package unit AC, but just remove the water
I hope it helps bro.
@@hvacotj yes thank you so much! I'll try this when I get home! Thank you! I work on rv acs so this is different for me lol 😆
I hope it works out for you. Keep being Great bro.
@@hvacotj it is a electric furnace and has a 3 ton smart comfort heatpump outside with the coils inside the furnace. It was I'm cool mode because I turned it on while cooking. It was hot. But I pulled the float switch out and there was no water. I even tried setting the float switch all the way down manually to see if ecobee would turn on. Nothing.
Would be nice to know what causes this
Usually lack of maintenance. Make sure the trap of the drain and the drain itself isn’t clogged.
How would clean clog thats udnerneath foundation of house though, then drain pipe is outside side of the house?
Use air compressor.
Probably doesn’t go into foundation. Maybe basement or crawl. But use compressed air. Not to fast. Then test w hot water.
@@hvacotj we don’t have a basement or crawl space. Our air handler is in the garage the drain pipe goes under the living area? Then you don’t see the pipe again until the side of the house where it sticks out from under the ground.
@beammeupscottsp7952 use an air compressor
@@hvacotj thank you will try. Is it possible to have a partial block, I stuck a shop vac on it the other day. Pulled about 2 gallons out, turned the ac back on and it leaked again but also was dripping out the drain pipe like it was suppose too so not sure haha.
good job Paul, your training now?
Sometimes I have a helper or trainee with me. Not everyday. I appreciate you Mark
mine doing this exact thing i just had it unglogged last summer
Just try to clean it again with water. Try opening from panel to make sure it's not frozen or the pan drain is not clogged.