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"PRW" wrote in message
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We have a window air conditioning unit in one of our
windows. It is
mounted tilting downward, which is supposed to ensure that
the
moisture produced by the cooling process flows out the back
of the
unit.

CY: Tilted down and back is good.

However, since we got this unit about a year and a half ago
(it's out of warranty), and it's doing it again now that
we've turned
it on for a few hours, the moisture just pours out of the
vents.

CY: Not good!

When you look inside the vents from the inside, you see a
styrofoam
area with an opening in the middle where you can see the fan
in the
air conditioning unit.

CY: Yes, many AC use styrofoam to surround the fan, and
direct the air flow.

Looking at the unit from the back, from
outside, the styrofoam part is closed off from the working
parts of
the air conditioning unit and the back grille.

CY: Right.

When the unit is operating, you can sit there and see an
enormous
amount of water pool up inside the grilles around the
styrofoam area,
I mean an enormous amount. It doesn't appear to have any
outlet to run
back to the back of the unit, it certainly doesn't appear to
be
running down into the opening to the fan area. It just pools
up and
blows out the vent grilles. You can literally hear the thing
sloshing.

CY: There is supposed to be a drain, that allows the water
to go to the back. The drain is clogged. Different AC have
different designs. You'll have to be creative. Pull off the
decorative face plate from the indoors side of the AC. Try
taking a long wire (electrical ground wire out of Romex is
my favorite). Poke around where the water is pooled up, and
try to find where the water drains to the back. Sometimes
you can clear the dirt and junk out of the drain. Sometimes
a garden sprayer full of water helps you blast the drain
clear.


We have tried everything and it's impossible to mount this
unit tilted
any more downward at the back ... you can see the downward
slant in
the styrofoam area ... but it continues to blow water out of
the
grille to where we have to keep towels on the floor in front
of it.
I've even thought of punching holes in the styrofoam to see
if that
might help the water stop pooling up in the area around the
vents.

CY: Should be a drain already. Just a question of finding
it, and blasting it clear.

Does anyone know what might be going on here, or have any
suggestions
for what we might could do to fix this. It's a great air
conditioning
unit as far as cooling the small area we use it for, but
we're getting
tired of having to clean up water from it.

CY: Look for, and clear the drain. Sometimes a stream of
water from a garden sprayer will help blast the drain clear.