On Mar 11, 10:17*am, Robert Macy wrote:
On Mar 10, 7:04*pm, "
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On Mar 9, 12:10*pm, Robert Macy wrote:

On Mar 8, 1:19*pm, "
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the tube is white plastic vinyl like about 9/16 OD and is inserted
into another tube, beige in color, just large enough to hold it. The
white tube has no termination and is folded over creasing it where
it's stored inside the recess of the 'washer box'

the white tube can slip up and down into the other tube [which is
rigidly mounted] and feels like there's a lot of weight above pushing
down.

almost looks like separate water supply like near a fridge, but seems
to be a lot larger. *I have NO idea what's at the other end of this
tube.

Sounds about the size of tubing for a condensate drain.
Is there a condensing furnace or AC located somewhere
that could be connected to it, either by gravity or a condensate
pump? * The condensate has to go somewhere and routing it to a washing
machine drain
is a popular option.

So again the washer box has two identically sized drain plugs then hot/
cold faucets, but coming down from inside the top is this non-robust
white plastic tube that can slip inside another rigidly mounted tube.

soft water feed? or something along that line? *Definitely part of the
washeer box.

Interesting!

In AZ one method of installing the AC is to mount by hanging from
rafters via straps in the attic space. *Our home has three
'zones' [three AC/Handlers] and every normal drip pipe is accounted
for. *Each AC/Handler has two pipes that go to the outside world. One
mounted near ground and one mounted near ceiling. They stick out of
the external walls and are a visual blight [but common here]. In the
summer the botton pipe of any AC constantly running drips to the
extent thirsty critters gather around. And, Jim Thompson has pointed
out that in the winter watch for the spiders to nest in the pipes and
plug them, causing them to later back up and leak through the ceiling!


Sounds like the ground level drain is the primary and
the one located higher up is the aux overflow. That's a
good way of doing it, with the idea being if the primary
clogs up, you'll see the water coming out up higher on
the side of the house and know something is wrong.

The AC in the attic should have a pan with a float
switch in it to cut it off in case the pan fills. It would
be a good idea to make sure it's there and working.




It would be great if this tube belonged to the main living unit's
drain and I could simply stick the tube into the 'extra' drain hole.
But, that main unit ran constantly while the house was being shown,
and there is evidence that every exterior pipe was operating normally,
carrying off the condensate. This white tube in the washer box is
pristine, with no evidence of any use, or liquid through it!

Yechhh! it sounds like a trip back up into the attic to search for the
other end of this tube! *Even with new construction it's not fun to
clamber through confined space and dig into 18 inch thick cellulose
fluff to find anything.- Hide quoted text -


I guess it depends how curious you are. It's possible
the plumbers roughed in that extra line up to some
point for possible use for the attic AC, but the HVAC
guys didn't use it. It's possible it doesn;t go anywhere,
just ends above the box in the drywall, etc.