"Bill Gill" wrote in message
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MLD wrote:




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




In my case I don't have a condensate pump, there is a
gravity feed to the outside, so I don't have to worry
about that. The main thing I would have to worry about
is the drain freezing up where it goes out through the
foundation. That isn't too likely, since it has an
elbow right outside the foundation and is right down
against the ground. However, in the unlikely event that
it does happen they put in a tee pointing up inside the
foundation and it will just drain into the crawl space.
It is something I will keep an eye on this winter,
just to be sure.

Of course if you have a slab foundation you can't manage
that very well. That's one more draw back to a slab.

Bill Gill

I'd be very reluctant to have your condensate drain to the outside. Unless
you're very lucky, sooner or later you're going to experience a frozen line.
A freeze up happens when the drain just drips and then it freezes at the end
of the tube (same way an icicle forms). The process continues until the line
becomes blocked. In your case, maybe what you have is OK but if the crawl
space is cold is an ice back up to the Tee a possibility? Why not find a
place on the inside to dump the condensate---In my setup, a plastic tube
runs from the pump, up and along the wall ceiling to the laundry room and
then down to the washing machine drain. You could even gravity feed to a
condensate pump (inexpensive ones at Home Depot or Lowes) and then pump to
your inside drain
MLD