"Bob" wrote in message
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"Bill Gill" wrote in message
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As far as freezing up is concerned, in colder climates
the drain line should be connected into your sanitary
sewer. If it runs outside the drips may freeze up and
back up water into the furnace. In mine there is a
float switch that detects a backup and turns everything
off.

I've fixed 2 furnaces for friends that both stopped working when the
condensate pump quit working and the furnace turned itself off. Fix the
pump - problem solved.

Bob


I'd rather have condensate water on the floor than shut down the furnace
because of a pump failure. If you're away for any length of time in the
winter (we head to Florida for a month) why in the world would I want to
shut down the furnace because of a condensate pump problem? What's water on
the floor as compared to freezing all the pipes in the house?
MLD