Excellent advice. Our system went offline about a month ago during a heat wave due to the line clogging that we didn't know about. I'm planning on doing this a few times a year now.
Once a month I pour a cup of vinegar into the AC drain as you demonstrated. However, I don’t flush it. I just let the vinegar stay in the drain while allowing the natural condensate from the AC to flush it out slowly. Been doing it this way for years without a single hiccup.
Thanks for the video! I have had problems with the drain line plugging. It amazes me that the technician that comes around once a year to maintain the furnace doesn’t clean out the condensate line.
Thank you so much I’ve learned so much from you. Yes it was. It had like mold inside the pan so I’m guessing I took a pool charcoal and ever since then I had no problem and every month I’ve been doing like you said and I’ve had no problems. Thank you so much for your show, God bless you and your family. Thank you.
When you pour the vinegar into the pipe, what keeps it in the pipe so the vinegar can sit for 30 minutes? Won't it just run outside? What cleans out the pipe from the tee back into the air handler? Doesn't that become plugged as well?
We also have a Trane, installed two years ago. Where I pour the vinegar there's a red cap with a light that might come on. An alarm saying the overflow pipe is full? Scary moment: after clearing everything (to include the P-trap under the bathroom sink), the system wouldn't turn back on. And then, all by itself, it did. Is there a timer involved?
Vinegar should never touch the coil, if it's in the air handerler area it touches the coil. Down stream it should be good. Be careful. It can corrode the copper and aluminum
Excellent advice. Our system went offline about a month ago during a heat wave due to the line clogging that we didn't know about. I'm planning on doing this a few times a year now.
Doing this a few times a year is a great idea. Good luck!
Once a month I pour a cup of vinegar into the AC drain as you demonstrated. However, I don’t flush it. I just let the vinegar stay in the drain while allowing the natural condensate from the AC to flush it out slowly. Been doing it this way for years without a single hiccup.
I do bleach to unclog
Thanks for the video! I have had problems with the drain line plugging. It amazes me that the technician that comes around once a year to maintain the furnace doesn’t clean out the condensate line.
So glad you found this helpful!
Thank you so much I’ve learned so much from you. Yes it was. It had like mold inside the pan so I’m guessing I took a pool charcoal and ever since then I had no problem and every month I’ve been doing like you said and I’ve had no problems. Thank you so much for your show, God bless you and your family. Thank you.
Thanks and good luck!
When you pour the vinegar into the pipe, what keeps it in the pipe so the vinegar can sit for 30 minutes? Won't it just run outside? What cleans out the pipe from the tee back into the air handler? Doesn't that become plugged as well?
How often should this be done? Also, how can you let it sit if you have a pump?
We also have a Trane, installed two years ago. Where I pour the vinegar there's a red cap with a light that might come on. An alarm saying the overflow pipe is full? Scary moment: after clearing everything (to include the P-trap under the bathroom sink), the system wouldn't turn back on. And then, all by itself, it did. Is there a timer involved?
Thanks
Ours gets clogged every year or so and i just blow air through it with our air compressor. Works every time.
Vinegar should never touch the coil, if it's in the air handerler area it touches the coil. Down stream it should be good. Be careful. It can corrode the copper and aluminum
thx
You could have gone back and started at the compressor - starting point of the water
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Excellent point... but why not go to the primary source: couch cushions.
Say you know nothing about HVAC without saying you know nothing about HVAC bahahaha NEVER USE VINEGAR. SMH
I have seen countless HVAC techs, all of whom I respect, disagree on vinegar vs bleach. I sent the question to Trane Support but never got a reply.