Hi Ryan, hope you are having a nice day

On 30-Jun-05 At About 16:00:00, Ryan Meier wrote to All
Subject: window air conditioner drips a LOT of water

RM From: Ryan Meier

RM Hello

RM I live in a fairly old apartment building that only has a single
RM window air conditioner. The air it outputs into my apartment is cold
RM and it does a good job keeping my apartment cool. But it does drip
RM a great deal of water out of the external vent, and I'd like to know
RM if this means that the unit is inefficient, is being run too much,
RM etc.

Most newer units use the condensate water to make them more efficient by
slinging it onto the condenser coil. so they are also dehumidifying as well
but you just don't see as much water draining.

-= HvacTech2 =-


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Hi cowboy, hope you are having a nice day

On 30-Jun-05 At About 09:02:51, cowboy wrote to All
Subject: window air conditioner drips a LOT of water

c From: "cowboy"

c I'd like to know if this means that the unit is inefficient,
is being run too much, etc.


c It means that it is working great (better than the neighbor's units)
c and it also means that you are in a very humid area

If you knew anything about A/C you would know that the newer Window units
Have a slinger for the condensate water and use it to improve efficiency.
so they are working as well as his but they are running more efficiently


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window air conditioner drips a LOT of water
 

Hello

I live in a fairly old apartment building that only has a single
window air conditioner. The air it outputs into my apartment is cold
and it does a good job keeping my apartment cool. But it does drip a
great deal of water out of the external vent, and I'd like to know if
this means that the unit is inefficient, is being run too much, etc.

The unit was made by GE and runs off of a 240-volt electric outlet.
It's fairly heavy-duty looking, similar to an A/C unit you might see
in a hotel or motel. It's a heater as well; that part worked fine too
last winter, but without all the dripping.

The A/C units of my neighboring tenants don't seem to drip nearly as
much. I didn't live here last summer so I can't compare it that way.

I generally run it when temperatures get above 90 degrees Fahrenheit,
or the humidity is high. Which is common around here, from mid-May
through the end of September days with high temperatures and high
humidity will be nearly every day.

Thanks to anyone who replies.

I'd like to know if
this means that the unit is inefficient, is being run too much, etc.


It means that it is working great (better than the neighbor's units) and it
also means that you are in a very humid area

"Ryan Meier" wrote in message
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Hello

I live in a fairly old apartment building that only has a single
window air conditioner. The air it outputs into my apartment is cold
and it does a good job keeping my apartment cool. But it does drip a
great deal of water out of the external vent, and I'd like to know if
this means that the unit is inefficient, is being run too much, etc.

The unit was made by GE and runs off of a 240-volt electric outlet.
It's fairly heavy-duty looking, similar to an A/C unit you might see
in a hotel or motel. It's a heater as well; that part worked fine too
last winter, but without all the dripping.

The A/C units of my neighboring tenants don't seem to drip nearly as
much. I didn't live here last summer so I can't compare it that way.

I generally run it when temperatures get above 90 degrees Fahrenheit,
or the humidity is high. Which is common around here, from mid-May
through the end of September days with high temperatures and high
humidity will be nearly every day.

Thanks to anyone who replies.

This is Turtle.

By What i have heard so far , I don't see anything wrong with the system.

TURTLE

cowboy wrote:
I'd like to know if
this means that the unit is inefficient, is being run too much, etc.


It means that it is working great (better than the neighbor's units) and it
also means that you are in a very humid area

And it also means he is running it intermittantly. The humidity in the
house climbs back up - repeat cycle.

R

RicodJour wrote:

And it also means he is running it intermittantly. The humidity in the
house climbs back up - repeat cycle.

Or it runs continuously, with lots of house air leakage.

Nick

On Wed, 30 Jun 2005 18:36:20 , in alt.home.repair window air
conditioner drips a LOT of water "HvacTech2"
wrote:

newer Window units
Have a slinger for the condensate water and use it to improve efficiency.

Do any central a/c units use this method to improve efficiency? If
not, I wonder why?

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"Vic Dura" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2005 18:36:20 , in alt.home.repair window air
conditioner drips a LOT of water "HvacTech2"
wrote:

newer Window units
Have a slinger for the condensate water and use it to improve efficiency.

Do any central a/c units use this method to improve efficiency? If
not, I wonder why?


There's several reasons they don't, IMO. First and foremost (to me) is that
the condensate doesn't alway go out near the condensing unit.