Thread: off topic anonymous

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Here is my AC drain pipe he put in,,, it started leaking before he left the parking lot,,, he came back & put what appeared to be rubber cement on the U-shape bottom connection. But it was still wet around the seams today,,, so I put more rubber cement around it tonight.

My question to anyone, cause I can't ask him, we don't speak the same language,, as, "Why did he put a U-shape joint at the bottom(see the arrow) and not just a simple elbow joint that leads straight into the wall(drain exit)? This U-shaped thing will always have some water sitting in it.

Is this a secret plumber technique I'm looking at?

Thanks for any help.


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Originally Posted by Hirlau

Thank you,,, I'll get the parts Monday & give it a shot myself,,,

John,
when all else fails and if it were me, I would simply ask one of the specialists in the AC section at Home Depot.
Bring that picture with you also .
There has got to be somebody there who would know a little something at least about something like this.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

H But it was still wet around the seams today,,, so I put more rubber cement around it tonight.

Are you sure it is leaking? If the trap is cold it could be condensing water from the air in the room.

I can't talk.

Originally Posted by 32t

Are you sure it is leaking? If the trap is cold it could be condensing water from the air in the room.

I did not think of this, but the drops form around the seams of the joints,,

Originally Posted by 32t

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I'm going to read this later, thanks !!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I did not think of this, but the drops form around the seams of the joints,,

If the trap is to short and allowing the cold air to push out then the pipe would be cold. If then water was condensing on the outside of the pipe it could go down the pipe and gather at the seem making it appear that the seam itself was leaking.

Not that I am saying to do it but in that low pressure operation you should be able to push the pipe together without glue and it shouldn't leak.

He never glued it the first time, he just pushed it together. When it sits for a while , it does not drop, but if the AC has been running for a while, you start to see action around the seams,,,,, I think your right about the cold situation

He was lazy and didn't want to cut the straightvpipe to s shorter length , he could had even had the U on hand and it saved him 3 bucks

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Here is my AC drain pipe he put in,,, it started leaking before he left the parking lot,,, he came back & put what appeared to be rubber cement on the U-shape bottom connection. But it was still wet around the seams today,,, so I put more rubber cement around it tonight.

My question to anyone, cause I can't ask him, we don't speak the same language,, as, "Why did he put a U-shape joint at the bottom(see the arrow) and not just a simple elbow joint that leads straight into the wall(drain exit)? This U-shaped thing will always have some water sitting in it.

Is this a secret plumber technique I'm looking at?

Thanks for any help.

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I would have thought that if that were designed as a trap it would be removable so that as and when it got blocked you could clean it out.
If you were to just put a straight elbow in then that would eliminate the pooling water from the equation, if you were really keen you could use 2, 45 degree bends with a joiner in the middle to make sure that all of the flow is down hill.
If condensation is the issue I think that all you need to do is lag the pipe and that should create a barrier to stop the heat transfer, even bubble wrap taped on would probably work