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Default Air blowing out of front vents

On 9/12/2015 1:44 PM, Brandon wrote:
We recently bought and installed our window unit about a month ago, and it
has been working just fine since we installed it. We noticed this morning
that it started blowing water out of the front vents where the cool air is
blown out. I've been reading up on reasons as to why this would be
happening and have come up with a few ideas. Either we have clogged drain
holes or a clogged drain tube. What doesn't make sense is that our unit is
only about a month old and all of the other problems have occurred with
units that are over a year old. Any ideas as to why this might be
happening? Is there just not enough tilt on the unit? Anything would be
helpful.


How humid is it, currently (the ACbrrr acts like a dehumidifier)?
The unit should have a slight pitch outward. This keeps water
from approaching the living space -- both in the drip pan *and*
on the top side of the unit (think of rainwater flowing down TOWARDS
your house instead of AWAY!)

What sorts of vermin do you have? A spider, leaf-cutter wasp, etc.
could have clogged the drain hole (they are usually pretty small
holes as there isn't normally much water flowing through them).

Do yourself a favor and make sure the sill, apron, casing, etc. are dry
before you consider the problem solved. You don't want to revisit
rotted woodwork down the road!