It would be normal for the condensate pan to be piped either to a
drain or, preferably, outdoors. The condensate drain can become
blocked by algae. It may be necessary to blow or flush out the
drain line and treat the system with bleach or other algaecide.



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"QuangoJango" wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

I wonder is anybody can help with this problem a friend of mine
in
Florida has?

She has a GrandAire GB3BM-042K-B-10A air conditioning unit in
her garage.
One day, a few weeks ago, when she got home from work her garage
floor
was flooded with water from the unit.

She called the A/C guy who tinkered with the system, told her it
was a
crap system, said the coils where rusting, charged her quite a
few
dollars and went away.

Whilst I was on vacation there, she asked me to have a look at
it but I
have to admit that A/C is new to me as I live in quite a cool
climate.
When I took the cover off, I could see smallish brown pipes (the
coils?).
The brown appeared to be a protective coating of paint or
plastic and
these did not look rusted to me. Under the pipes was a tray,
with turned
up sides, that had about an inch and a half of water in it. She
told me
that she has to keep emptying this on a daily basis. Part of
the unit's
metal body protrudes into the tray and this has become rusty,
probably by
the water rising to that level on occasions.

I am assuming that this tray is a drip tray to catch
condensating (sp?)
water off the coils. Should the drip tray have some sort of a
drain from
it or would the water be expected to evaporate naturally into
the air? Is
this amount of water, or condensation, normal?

I don't know if she has big time problems or if the A/C guy was
trying to
get a new A/C unit sale out of her.

I have tried to find details of this unit with an internet
search but to
no avail.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

QJ