Pls help me fix my AC.

lahadaextranjera

lahadaextranjera

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Hi guys!

Here's is the problem:-

It's been dripping quite a lot of water from the vents, all down the walls in fact.

The troubleshooting guide was rubbish so I researched and followed a tutorial on YouTube. I had to blow through the exit pipe to clear a blockage and then vacuum the other way to pull out the dirty water. The AC worked like brand new, the room was 18c and feeling fresh. I was happy with myself to say the least.

Now it's happening again and I'm thinking I may have to get a new hose or open up the front box to find out more.

I'm on night cycle and I can't babysit it all night so unfortunately I've powered down to 2 lights only! Not 4.

What shall I do?
 
charface

charface

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Not an expert but my buddy was exhausting hot air into a cold environment and the moisture condensed
And actually flowed back into his air cooled hoods.
Anyway. COOL story.
sorry I cant help.
 
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superstoner1

superstoner1

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It is very common on ac's and ice machines that they will build up a slime in the drains. Its best to remove the cover and clean the drain tray. While you are doing this get a can of foaming coil cleaner from Lowes or HD and clean the evaporator coil then spray it off with water. I do my ac and dehumidifier every 6 months.
 
East Coast

East Coast

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You can place a plastic rod type down the drain to push all that gunk out. Becareful thou.

Use hot water to loosen the muck, compressed air to blow, then more hot water......H202 or bleach or whatever to kill shit down there also.
 
East Coast

East Coast

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SnapsProvolone said:
Condensate collection tray drain port is likely blocked by slime. Shop vac the outlet and see if that clears the plug. Blowing it leaves the plug in the tray....
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What about the the rest of the length of drain? Sucking will only get the first few inches.....what plug? never seen a plug in the 15 years I was around a/c's. Would that plug block things anyway?
 
Red1966

Red1966

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lahadaextranjera said:
Hi guys!

Here's is the problem:-

It's been dripping quite a lot of water from the vents, all down the walls in fact.

The troubleshooting guide was rubbish so I researched and followed a tutorial on YouTube. I had to blow through the exit pipe to clear a blockage and then vacuum the other way to pull out the dirty water. The AC worked like brand new, the room was 18c and feeling fresh. I was happy with myself to say the least.

Now it's happening again and I'm thinking I may have to get a new hose or open up the front box to find out more.

I'm on night cycle and I can't babysit it all night so unfortunately I've powered down to 2 lights only! Not 4.

What shall I do?
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Put a little bleach water in it once a month. Slime is growing in the drain and plugging it up.
 
lahadaextranjera

lahadaextranjera

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superstoner1 said:
Its important in an indoor grow to have a daily,weekly,monthly,bi annual, and annual maintenance schedules. Or you come home to dead plants, or a flood, or an over heated room.
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I'm running 300 litres of water through NFT. Hydro needs attention. My AC is 3 years old and as much as I have cleaned the air filters on it, this is harder to clean.

I left a towel down last night, switched it to low cool 21C and it's been fine.

Definitely going to try bleach next to clean the pipe.
 
lahadaextranjera

lahadaextranjera

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East Coast said:
What about the the rest of the length of drain? Sucking will only get the first few inches.....what plug? never seen a plug in the 15 years I was around a/c's. Would that plug block things anyway?
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The hose drops on to a landing. I went out there and first blew it and then used the vacuum. Dirty dusty water came out. I could feel resistance when I blew it but it seems to keep blocking. Bleach it is.
 
Nutes and Nugs

Nutes and Nugs

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Do you have a pix of the unit?
Mostly outside.
A single unit or split?

lol, I remember your video on cleaning the tube.
I had to lol , that video was sorta sexual in a twisted way.
 
East Coast

East Coast

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I have only seen workers clean them one way, blow/rod/ from the inside out. There was a cheap gas the HVAC guys carried and used some time to blow co2?.......but the clevers ones would carry a old charged bottle of compressed air from the workshop for a cause like this.
 
superstoner1

superstoner1

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I run 350 gallons through aero and nft and going to 500 gallons while taking care of a disabled wife and 3 small children and my 3 houses. There is no excuse for not maintaining your equipment. Do you use the same excuse for not changing your oil? The longer that excess water stays in there can and will affect the performance of the ac.
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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East Coast said:
I have only seen workers clean them one way, blow/rod/ from the inside out. There was a cheap gas the HVAC guys carried and used some time to blow co2?.......but the clevers ones would carry a old charged bottle of compressed air from the workshop for a cause like this.
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nitrogen tank.

Make sure you look at the fan blower blades, they can collect dirt and slow the fan speed and cause it to spin lopsided.
 
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anzohaze

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Also laha can you get to tue outside line were the water comes out if so... cut off your ac pinch off end outside room and fill w bleach let it sit for a few minutes to eat everything in the line then release the pinched off line... I f possible (some can some can't) get a funnel for a car
That fits Into tube and literally keep dumping water into to completely push everything out
 
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