What is this?

[frotte (Frank Rotte)]

It has the condensate line running into it, and then back out to the air handler.

[mmcfadden (Mike McFadden, CMI)]

condensate pump - common when condensation can’t be drained in the immediate area and needs to be pumped elsewhere.

[mlarson (Michael Larson, WI Lic. # 1672-106)]

condensate pump

http://www.zoro.com/i/G3199585/?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google_Shopping_Feed&gclid=CjwKEAjwx9KpBRCAiZ_tgYKWvhQSJABQjGW-lmH0aANt-IhmFDiwBOmqjTUNGEcN_lNlgofDU1EVNhoC217w_wcB

[rlewis5 (Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)]

it’s somewhat like a bilge pump.

[frotte (Frank Rotte)]

That’s what I thought, but I couldn’t find where it was going to.

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

@frotte

That’s what I thought, but I couldn’t find where it was going to.

The aquarium! :|.)

[frotte (Frank Rotte)]

@jjonas

The aquarium! :|.)

Ah, didn’t look there.

[erossi (Edward J. Rossi, CMI)]

Those are popular here in Florida. People are putting a lot of faith in those cheap little pumps. When the stick or stop working it makes a huge wet mess.

[rdimit (Randy Dimit, #60269)]

I assume that’s a copper tube in between the two PVC pipes? If so, that should terminate outside somewhere. That’s how mine is installed.

[frotte (Frank Rotte)]

@rdimit

I assume that’s a copper tube in between the two PVC pipes? If so, that should terminate outside somewhere. That’s how mine is installed.

That’s what I assumed the copper was for. I couldn’t get beyond the scuttle hole because of all the crap stacked up around it.

[mgoldenberg (Marc Goldenberg, Inspector # HI1365)]

Hey Randy ~
Is the Grand Canyon Caverns still operating out there?
I loved that place! Haven’t been out that way in 12 years.

[kjones5 (Kenneth Jones)]

@erossi

Those are popular here in Florida. People are putting a lot of faith in those cheap little pumps. When the stick or stop working it makes a huge wet mess.

Shouldn’t the pan have a condensate overflow switch?

[plesieur (Paul Lesieur, CMI)]

I have one in my home and it drains up and over to the laundry.

Noisy little sucker but it gets the job done.

[rdimit (Randy Dimit, #60269)]

@mgoldenberg

Hey Randy ~
Is the Grand Canyon Caverns still operating out there?
I loved that place! Haven’t been out that way in 12 years.

They’re still open. Very cool place!

[frotte (Frank Rotte)]

@rdimit

They’re still open. Very cool place!

Yes, very cool. In the 60’s I think.

[mclark2 (Michael Clark, CMI)]

@kjones5

Shouldn’t the pan have a condensate overflow switch?

My previous one in a different house did make a mess when it stopped working.

My current one was tied to the air handler, so when the pump stopped working, so did the A/C!

Since I have a drain in the basement floor, I just took the condensate tube out of the pump and stuck in the drain. Not sure why someone would want to pump it out to the yard when there’s a drain 4 feet away from the unit anyway

[mgoldenberg (Marc Goldenberg, Inspector # HI1365)]

@frotte

Yes, very cool. In the 60’s I think.

It’s where Pres Kennedy was gonna go in case of a nuclear attack.
The still have all the “CD” boxes there except they forgot one item.
Toilet paper!

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/091118-F-1234S-001.jpg

[kjones5 (Kenneth Jones)]

@mclark2

My previous one in a different house did make a mess when it stopped working.

My current one was tied to the air handler, so when the pump stopped working, so did the A/C!

Since I have a drain in the basement floor, I just took the condensate tube out of the pump and stuck in the drain. Not sure why someone would want to pump it out to the yard when there’s a drain 4 feet away from the unit anyway

Seems the floor drain would have been obvious to them. Not many floor drains around here and even fewer basements. A lot of the air handlers around here are either in a closet or in the attic so they definitely need an overflow switch and I have already seen a few that don’t. Can’t understand why they all don’t have one they are pretty cheap insurance.