"MLD" wrote in message news:Ily1f.116$AR1.114@trndny09...

"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




Good point!
When I install equipment I will connect the air conditioning to the safety
shut off on the condensate pump, but not the heat.
No AC in North Dakota = no big problem.
No heat in ND in January = big problem!
A little condensate on the floor is much better than frozen pipes, and allot
of water!!
Greg