Attic Evaporator Coil Tray

The drip pan is usually located just under the evaporator coils.

Attic evaporator coil tray.

Leaks into an a c condensate overflow pan may indicate trouble. The drain line attached to the drip pan pours all the water in the drip pan outdoors. Horizontal furnace installations have the central air system lie on its side. Low refrigerant levels caused by refrigerant leaks or an improperly charged unit can also lead to a frozen evaporator coil.

If you re dealing with low refrigerant levels this often indicates a refrigerant leak somewhere in the system. It then flows through the drainpipe out of your home. With these furnaces the evaporator coils sit on top of the furnace. There are two types of drain pans.

Improperly connected or joined air conditioner condensate drain lines and overflow pan drains. The evaporator coil is frozen. Air conditioning condensate drip trays defects repairs using an auxiliary condensate drain line from an attic cooling coil condensate overflow pan. Drip pans also called condensate pans are placed under the air conditioner coils to catch any condensation that forms.

Before reaching the drainpipe this water drips into a drain pan. The condensate drain line is right beneath the evaporator coils. The evaporator coil is most likely to freeze if your refrigerant levels are low. Like drainage issues a frozen coil may result from lack of system maintenance including ac checks and tune ups and regular air filter changes.

Float switch on air conditioner heat pump condensate tray. So your walls don t become wet and also there are no puddles of water inside the house. Unfortunately sometimes condensate drain pans and lines can get damaged or clogged and cause quite a mess. When warm air passes over extremely cold evaporator coils condensation forms and drips into a drain pan below.

So essentially your drip pan serves as a reservoir that carries water from the evaporator coil to the drainpipe. Due to gravity all the moisture that condenses on the evaporator coil falls into the drip pan. A primary pan that is installed on the coil and an auxiliary pan that is either installed inside the unit below the primary pan or under the unit. Think of the water droplets that form on a cold drink in summer.

Horizontal furnace installation or application. The energy department offers advice on how to properly maintain your ac system. The humid conditions inside the refrigerant coils and pipes are the perfect breeding ground for algae and mold which can clog the drainpipe over time. Your air conditioning system contains a drainpipe which removes excess water from the evaporator coils.