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Thread: Condensate line termination
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08-12-2009, 07:54 AM #1
Condensate line termination
I looked thru previous threads but can't find code for condensate line termination requirements. The one I inspected yesterday terminated at soffit 20 feet above ground level. I know it's wrong but can't find documentation. Thanks
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08-12-2009, 08:41 AM #2
Re: Condensate line termination
Might not be wrong.
Could be from the auxiliary drain pan, which is required to drain to a conspicuous place, which is usually from a soffit over a window.
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08-12-2009, 09:30 AM #3
Re: Condensate line termination
Jerry, There is no auxillary pan, which I wrote up also. Installation is in attic with primary condensate line terminating at soffit and secondary has an overflow stop switch in it.
Tom Rees / A Closer Look Home Inspection / Salt Lake City, Utah
http://acloserlookslc.com/
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08-12-2009, 10:25 AM #4
Re: Condensate line termination
307.2.1 Condensate disposal.
Condensate from all cooling coils and evaporators shall be conveyed from the drain pan outlet to an approved place of disposal. When unable to drain by gravity a condensate pump may be used. Where pumps are used, they shall be installed with factory equipped auxiliary high level switch and shall shut off equipment served upon activation of the auxiliary high level switch. Where damage to any building components will occur as a result of over flow from the pump, the pump shall also be located in the auxiliary drain pan or in a separate drain pan equipped with a separate drain line or water level detection device. Condensate shall not discharge into a street, alley or other areas so as to cause a nuisance.
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08-12-2009, 11:07 AM #5
Re: Condensate line termination
Where is an approved place of disposal?
Tom Rees / A Closer Look Home Inspection / Salt Lake City, Utah
http://acloserlookslc.com/
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08-12-2009, 01:15 PM #6
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08-19-2009, 03:52 PM #7
Mobius Corp. Condensate Driain System
Just wondering if I should write up the discharge point of this condensate pump as "lacking an air gap"..
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08-19-2009, 05:06 PM #8
Re: Condensate line termination
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08-19-2009, 05:25 PM #9
Re: Mobius Corp. Condensate Drain System
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08-19-2009, 07:37 PM #10
Re: Condensate line termination
Jerry,
That's the line from the condensate pump!
Yeah, that's right.... round and round, and round it goes....
This is the same building with condenser side of he Window AC sticking out into the utility area for the furnace and the other pics I posted elsewhere.
And there's more - much more - I've not bothered to post.
You can't MAKE this stuff up.
Last edited by Michael Thomas; 08-19-2009 at 07:43 PM.
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08-20-2009, 10:46 AM #11
Re: Condensate line termination
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08-20-2009, 11:55 AM #12
Re: Condensate line termination
Why, into the plastic wastepaper basket, of course - why do you suppose the system is provided with a "continuous bleed orifice" (AKA "leak", to the uninitiated) at the hose/pump connection?
This is one slick system Jerry - the designers at Mobius Inc. though of everything, and he installers were really top notch.
And who are WE to second guess them? - I expect this innovation will become the new industry standard in the REO market before long.
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08-20-2009, 12:39 PM #13
Re: Condensate line termination
Michael,
Not wanting to second guess those genius, but ... I suppose they have incorporated some method of evaporation into the waste basket bottom, obviously passive as there is no visible power source, to keep the condensate collecting in the waste basket from overflowing ... ?
Or is that the flaw in the perpetual motion machine, in that the collection device (waste basket) is manually operated in the removal of excess water?
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08-20-2009, 01:22 PM #14
Re: Condensate line termination
Indeed, that is potential flaw, but there is a device call a "brim" on the wastebasket, and if the level of the water is higher than the brim an audible alarm known as an "overflow drip alert" informs occupants (conveniently located in an adjacent bedroom) the the container must be emptied - an excellent solution as no batteries or other additional external power source is needed to guarantee operation. As a final backup, if occupants to not respond to the alert, in 12-24 hours an "auxiliary overflow drip alarm" will also start to sound in the apartment below.
Last edited by Michael Thomas; 08-20-2009 at 01:30 PM.
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08-20-2009, 01:39 PM #15
Re: Condensate line termination
I am having a difficult time believing that you two are extolling the relative merits of a trash can with water in it.
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08-20-2009, 01:55 PM #16
Re: Condensate line termination
Huh?
"relative merits"?
We are discussing the "relative drawbacks" of the manually operated condensate collection and disposal system and its back-up alarms, not the least of which will be "squish" as in 'stepping out onto the floor and going "squish" in the pre-planned water level alarm.
For the audible portion of that alarm I do not see the recommended chafed, worn, frayed, and cracked 18-2 SPT extension cord laying on the floor for water detection. The placement of a foot in that alarming water creates the audible.
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08-20-2009, 03:07 PM #17
Re: Condensate line termination
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