On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:33:11 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

On 3/23/2017 4:54 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:51:20 -0500, Muggles
wrote:

On 3/23/2017 11:14 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:40:11 -0500, Muggles

Asking for advice and help with a home project is totally 'on topic'
here, and even if I don't know how to do everything other people can do,
at least I try to build something that is designed to meet the need I'm
asking about.

You're no help at all.

The condensate pump is NOt put inside the unit. It is put in the
drain pan so you don't need to empty it, or in many cases just
connected to the drain. It has a small reservoir, and when it gets
full it starts the pump. When it gets empty it shuts the pump off.
They are used extensively on furnace mounter AC units and on
condensing furnaces.


OK I understand what you're describing, now.

This is the problem with this particular machine: The reservoir is at
the upper portion of this AC, and it has a hole in the back of it where
I can and have attached a hose to drain that into a large container. I
could drain it outside if I could find a way to run the hose outside
without drilling a hole in the house. We just don't want to do that
right now. Maybe we will in the future, but the reservoir never backs
up and is always freely draining, so that fluid isn't dripping into the
bottom pan.

That aside, the second problem is when humidity is high, the machine
produces excess condensation that drips into a pan that is at the bottom
of the machine, but has no drainage holes. I'm guessing it's generally
meant to catch sweat that drains from the sides below the main
collection reservoir and is supposed to just evaporate. BUT, our high
humidity in the summer ends up producing too much water for that bottom
pan and it runs over onto the floor.


If the air conditioner is doing it's joband the house is kept closed
up, the humidity very quickly drops to the point condensation is no
longer a problem

In the early summer before it gets REALLY hot, the humidity isn't that
bad so there's really no problem with the excess overflowing from the
bottom. It's later or after a rain that we have the problem.

Initially, just sitting the AC on a plastic lid that could catch that
bottom pan water that overflows worked fine. It would usually
evaporate, but our humidity got worse producing more than the plastic
bottom pan I used could handle, and I'd have to soak up the excess with
towels which got old pretty quick.


Where do you exhaust the heat from the portable air conditioner?

It has a flexible vent you insert into a partially open window similar
to a dryer vent.
How well sealed is that "partially opened" window??? A double hung
(or single hung) window that is not tightly closed generally has a
HUGE air leak between the 2 sashes. What have yoiu done to seal that?
If it is left leaking you WILL have serious humidity problems. That
window needs to be 100% air-tight, or as close to that as possible.
Stuffrinf the gap with sponge rubber is a start, but only a start.
Taping it up with vapor barrier tape helps too.