Ac Condensate Drain P Trap

This one tells why a p trap is necessary on the air conditioner evaporator.

Ac condensate drain p trap.

Because dry air holds less heat energy humidity. Air conditioning units are shipped from the factory to the job site without a condensate drain trap. This video is part of the heating and cooling series of training videos made to a. There is a major difference between using p traps on sanitary applications and condensate removal from an ac unit and that is.

Water lots of it. Air conditioning units pull a lot of water out of the air. General one primary function of the air conditioning system is to dehumidify the air by removing water as it passes through the air handler. Air was coming in from the outside and creating a dam which was preventing the con.

What is a p trap you say. Collected in a drain pan below the cooling coil as illustrated in figure 1 the water must be removed to prevent damage and contamination to the air handler system and building draining water from a condensate drain pan is not a simple process. All air conditioners have a special drain for. The ac equipment is set on the slab floor or curb and it is the mechanical contractor s job to install a p trap.

See when moist air hits something cold the water condenses out of the air and collects on the cold surface. P traps have to be installed on a suction system so a p trap was added. Problems with a central air conditioner s condensate drain.