Check your ac unit in the attic.
Wrapping ac lines in attic.
The split system air conditioner installer we described.
How to unclog an ac drain line in an attic.
There s a good bit on a c condensate lines but i didn t find this part mentioned.
Rotting insulation on your outdoor a c lines can cost you energy.
We show you how to do it and tell you where to get the special insulating foam.
The crawl space is an unconditioned space.
This year the main ac didn t seem to have the cooling power it should so we decided to have it checked out by a professional.
A clog in the drain line of an attic ac unit is a homeowner s worst nightmare.
Question should they have insulated wrapped on both the plenum and the cold air return for each and does it really work.
Air conditioners transfer a gas from the compressor to the condenser both of which are usually located in the unit outside the house and.
This means that like an attic or unfinished basement you don t heat and cool it.
The a c condensate line is in the attic and goes to a dedicated open air trap spurred off a vent stack.
Ac condensate line sweating.
The fix is simple.
Luckily it is usually easy to clear out a clog.
The condensate line and even the trap sweat quite a bit.
As it turns out this was an excellent idea.
How to insulate pipes from a condenser to an evaporator.
Then dry and wrap the.
I have air handlers for my ac in my attic s.
The primary ac condensate drain is normally drained to either the main house drain or to the outside via a pvc pipe about the same size as the on draining into the garage.
Wipe off the condensation and wrap a few winds of the sticky poly tape on the tubing where it exits the house.
It can potentially cause extensive and expensive water damage.
One of the systems has flex ductwork for the cold air return the other has sheet metal and neither plenum s are insulated.
The house i recently purchased had a retrofitted additional ac unit installed in one attic.
The line goes from.
If you have ductwork in your crawl space the temperature of the duct will be the same as the temperature of the crawl space.
The compressor unit is outside at the other end of the house and the refrigerant supply return lines wander about 50 through a second attic into the cooling unit.
An ac unit will produce condensate all the time not just when its over a certain temp outside.
I ve been looking through the archives.
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