Derek ColeGM, Simmons One Hour Heating & Air · AI HVAC Answers

Help Prevent Clogging of Drain Lines for your HVAC system

3 Apr 2017 · 1 min

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A short instructional transcript advising how to prevent summertime clogs in HVAC drain lines. The speaker explains that debris from the evaporator coil falls into condensate and is carried to the drain line where it can lodge and cause the drain pan to overflow. The recommended approach is proactive: control odors and bacteria in the drain pan and keep condensate clean to avoid clogs rather than react after a failure.

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What's a big problem here in the summertime are clogged drain lines. And the reason it gets clogged is whatever's on that coil and drips or falls down. Then that water carries it to the drain line. And if it's not small enough, it will get stuck and it'll clog up the drain line, which will clog up or make that drain pan overflow. And then you have that water problem. It's a drain problem. So you're doing two things there. One, you're killing the smell and the bacteria that could be in that drain pan, and you're also keeping that water clean as it goes through to the drain line, so you won't have that clog happen. Now, that's not saying that something doesn't fall somewhere and block something some of the time, but it's a much better offensive play than a defensive play, which is reacting to what's happening.