Making air con unit work

frivolous_fay

Good morning,

My office has been supplied with a dusty old Bosch air con unit. No manual, naturally, and I haven't been able to find one on the net.

There is a tiny pipe about 2cm off the floor at the back - when in use, this drips water constantly. It's so close to the floor, there's no room to put any kind of tray... which would need to be shallow anyway.

Should this have a pipe attached? Or should it be sealed? If we sealed it, would it be a disaster?

Would appreciate any suggestions from anyone familiar with how these things are supposed to be set up!

phill99

You need to attach a hose to the pipe and let the hose run outside. Don't seal the pipe as the ac won't work. Alternatively stand the ac unit on something so you can get a bucket underneath the pipe.

yangptangkipperbang

phill99 wrote: »

You need to attach a hose to the pipe and let the hose run outside. Don't seal the pipe as the ac won't work. .

Not necessarily..............some a/c units (like mine !) are just as this one is described. The "drain" pipe is sealed. There is no need to drain them - the hot air "exhaust" from the unit evaporates the condensate so it doesn't need any attention.

Give a local a/c dealer a ring, they will probably give you a bit of free advice over the phone.

phill99

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

Not necessarily..............some a/c units (like mine !) are just as this one is described. The "drain" pipe is sealed. There is no need to drain them - the hot air "exhaust" from the unit evaporates the condensate so it doesn't need any attention.

Give a local a/c dealer a ring, they will probably give you a bit of free advice over the phone.

Agreed, but one with a vent pipe shouldn't have the net pipe blocked off.

Mr_Ted

No dont block it, its there for a reason!

It should be piped to remove the condensate to outside or collected in some recepticle, if you block it you will probably have condensation problem in the room as it will humidfy the room!

yangptangkipperbang

phill99 wrote: »

Agreed, but one with a vent pipe shouldn't have the net pipe blocked off.

Please read what I said !

1. Mine has a vent pipe:
2. It is blocked off:
3. It is there in case the unit does fill with water so that the plug can be removed and the excess water drained off.
4. Ask an a/c dealer to confirm.

Just how are you supposed to "attach a hose to the pipe and let the hose run outside" to something 2cm above the floor ??
If it was meant to be a permanent drain, it wouldn't be at floor level it would be about halfway up the machine. There would almost certainly be an internal tank to collect the condensate as well.

If the machine were to fill up with condensate, it wouldn't "humidify" the room - there would be a float switch which would just switch the machine off.

Have any of the "experts" I have disagreed with above with EVER had an a/c unit ? - I think not !

I will say it again - speak to an a/c dealer to be totally sure. It might be worth trying a Google for a free manual or some on line info.

PS: I assume that the hot air from this unit is being vented out of the room via as short a hose as possible............

Mr_Ted

There this little contraption called a condensate pump ?