okay by many requests we are doing a drain seminar today just especially going over quick issues why
drains may be causing issues if I guess one of the biggest things is if the system was installed
during the wintertime drain wasn't tested now it's summertime you say it's got leaks it only makes
condensate during the summertime so the biggest thing I want to point out is what needs to be
doing during installation first and then we'll go over possible reasons for condensate problems
i'ma pull this out of the cradle and just go over a couple brief things the drain pan is right here
basically this drain pan it's all one piece and let me just touch on this hole down here at the
bottom alright you can see the hole in there it's designed to hold zero water so that water drips
off of this copper tubing into the hole and then should go at a downward angle from there straight
down during installation if the wire was pulled off without the cover this machine has a cover
which goes on I just pulled it off save some time but it goes on just like that it should be taken
off during installation but just to if it's not the wire can be trying to be fed up through here
which if it's bumps any of these wires breaks this strap can cause problems because the water
can actually get on the wires and then overshoot the pan and I've only seen that a couple of times
but it can't happen so always check that during installation make sure nothing's moved make sure
condensates not dripped off if the machine's not level and it's actually twisted to one side of the
other then it could actually run down to the side so that's why it's very important for this machine
to be level on this machine the drain that's coming out of this side which it is movable so
I'm going to show you how to do that he needs to be moved then right here you can see how it's it's
basically a nipple that comes out drain actually goes over it so there's no way for that to leak
unless this drain tube is actually going up it's got a kink in it anything on this short so let me
show you how to fix that so if the drain wants to be coming out the other side you pull that
off here's your nipple here inside your pipe is this it's got a rubber seal and there's actually
got an o-ring over that nipple as well so it just slides right back on and make sure it goes all the
way on so if you want to move it to the other side there is a plug over here and poured it out this
is the plug so all you do is you remove your plug pull your drain line out move it to this side and
make sure you put the plug back in the plug is dry so it can be hard to get back in very simple
get some lubricant petroleum jelly any type of lubricant I mean you can just use water if you
don't have anything else get a stick of butter in just anything and in a slot right in how many
it takes it takes couple seconds but when you slide it in make sure it goes all the way to the
edge don't slide it halfway slide it in and when you put it in twist it it's an designed to hold
zero water so they're made to go into the pan and straight out so make sure the systems-level make
sure the penetration through the wall is not too high so it's very important that's why I made this
mock wall here so we can see it and actually on a normal wall you're gonna have sheetrock
panelling gypsum board something this machine will actually be out from the wall if it's an
exterior wall then it's quite possible this could be a 2x6 wall could be block wall it
could be anything so more than likely this wall is thicker so it's more than likely a lot thicker and
you've got insulating board vinyl siding so it goes way out so make sure the whole I can show
you how important that whole list if the hole is cut up too high and what's going to happen
is when you push your drain out it's actually going to go uphill so make sure the hole is cut
exactly at the right level if some reason you drew your hole and it's is too high you have
a drain problem very simple fix just take your bracket that mounts on the wall which is right
here pull the air handler off and get somebody to hold it for you set it on the ladder however and
just move it up quarter inch half inch however and it's also important to know that when that
hole was cut you cut it at a downward angle if you cut it level it's going to be a problem so cut it
at a downward angle that way and you can see that on my installation videos that way you know you
don't have a problem the penetration through the wall once you finish the installation make sure
that this hole here is sealed it's gotten to be sealed be careful doing it with spray foam because
what can happen in spray foam can get in here and it can just actually push on the air handler that
it expands as it goes so it can actually push your air handler off the wall it could throw it out a
level so be careful with spray foam and actually spray for home we've seen it before where I can
get up in to the machine itself it just expands and gets in all the cracks and now you have places
water can actually follow down that it's not intended to because the spray foam is actually
created a whole other design of the machine the flare nuts on the machine very important stress
is very on a central air condition standard air condition these lines do not sweat only your large
line does on many splits their meter to outside and it works way in so this is not a typical high
side low side line basically this is part of the evaporator so both lines will swept that's
why both come insulated whenever you finish your install you need to wrap these lines very good
and seal them completely and wrap it all good with tape so making connections do your tests come back
wrap your flare nuts with insulation and then come back and put your big insulation over the top that
way you ensure that sometimes you might think you got a drain leak but you really don't you
just have some piece of copper showing insulation not secure or even seeing this before to where you
push it through the wall if somebody's talking owner to pull on it or if the insulation on the
drain tube gets torn then that can cause it to so just be careful with all those steps so again I
just want to show you how the drain actually works so just put something level on here so if this is
your wall and this is your hole so that's level there so that kind of shows you how this drain
can go out this would be the bottoming machine so this drain actually has to go out and you can see
if it's level what's going to happen is actually already flat so if that hole is at an angle that's
how it should be so with this wall here it kind of helps out but also remember that this wall
is a lot thinner than your wall so your wall is on a typical house if it's a two by six it'll be
that thick plus the exterior and then also your in interior and insulate so you've got a wall that's
probably this thick so anyway that's uh that's what I want to show you so that drain leaving out
and you'll see in the installation instructions of I think just about all machines I hadn't looked at
all of them but I would guess all of them would say it the drain line has to be at the bottom
of the refrigerant lines it cannot be in the middle it cannot be on the top it has to be at
the bottom of the drain so make sure it's at the bottom make sure it's going down and you will not
have a problem with the drain another issue I've seen is for some reason if you cannot take the
wall penetrations straight out some have tried to make the penetration on this side of the wall and
take the refrigerant tubing across the back and then turn it and go out very hard to do because
these lines like I say they have to be completely insulated and sealed that's a great thing about
this machine is the drain can go out both sides but the machines that don't go out both sides if
you try to run it level and then out you have to make sure this is completely at the bottom of the
machine the whole way very hard to do because it's such a tight quarters and not a lot of room to get
the insulation completely sealed so just make sure that that's going downhill and anywhere if
possible take this straight out of the back if you can't take it straight out of the back you
have a hard time with it throw your wall out get you some two-by-twos or you can get some double
gypsum board and go around it and make you a frame you can make frame and then go around it with that
but this is just a quick tutorial show you how how it's done and I've got a I'm gonna pull the
coil up on the other side and just show you how to clean it so hope this this helps out with some
drain issues okay and it's time to do your spring service which these are air conditions so they
still need to be serviced just like any other air condition during your spring service if it's been
a couple years and you could have build-up or anything else in your drain pan then it's good
to you just remove the two screws from your hole like that I'm holding the camera as I'm doing this
and there Japan so that kind of shows you how your system is set up in there that's your pan the coil
sits in one and it drains completely out and you can see right here this is the actual hole that
it goes out of so it's completely downhill it's all one piece so there shouldn't be any issues
for water if that drain is actually going downhill and the coil actually sits down in the pan you can