Ac Condensate Drain P Trap

Central air conditioners produce something other than cool comfort.

Ac condensate drain p trap.

The ac equipment is set on the slab floor or curb and it is the mechanical contractor s job to install a p trap. Air conditioning units are shipped from the factory to the job site without a condensate drain trap. 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.

Air was coming in from the outside and creating a dam which was preventing the con. P traps have to be installed on a suction system so a p trap was added. There is a major difference between using p traps on sanitary applications and condensate removal from an ac unit and that is. See when moist air hits something cold the water condenses out of the air and collects on the cold surface.

This video is part of the heating and cooling series of training videos made to a. That is why in the summer your car drips water. A p trap serves a very important purpose on an a c unit. Because dry air holds less heat energy humidity.

Air conditioning units pull a lot of water out of the air. All air conditioners have a special drain for. General one primary function of the air conditioning system is to dehumidify the air by removing water as it passes through the air handler.