Results 1 to 5 of 5
Thread: Water blowing off coil
-
06-14-2008, 08:24 PM #1
Regular Guest
- Join Date
- Jun 2004
- Location
- 4H: Hot, Humid Houston H.O.
- Posts
- 3,304
Water blowing off coil
A friend has a very nice house in Houston with a couple of oversized air conditioners. He had actual droplets of water being blown off the coil and coming out one of the supplies. Just so I can understand, is there one or two design or install errors which can lead to this problem?
Thanks -- Pstu
-
06-14-2008, 08:27 PM #2
Professional Member*
- Join Date
- Dec 2002
- Location
- Houston,Tx.
- Posts
- 14,924
-
06-14-2008, 08:36 PM #3
Global Moderator
- Join Date
- Jan 2004
- Location
- Lancaster PA
- Posts
- 62,203
How long have they been installed. Dirty coils can do that. High velocity can also cause it.
-
06-14-2008, 08:57 PM #4
Professional Member
- Join Date
- Feb 2008
- Location
- Ma.
- Posts
- 269
Found a styrofoam cup get sucked into a hydroair recently.. coil before blower. was interesting not what i thought the issue was going to be...
-
06-14-2008, 10:11 PM #5
Professional Member
- Join Date
- May 2006
- Location
- Kennett, Missouri
- Posts
- 990
I encounter that periodically. Twice last week in fact. I have a spray bottle in the truck with 50%joy dish detergent and 50% water. I spray the coils with the Joy solution while the unit is running and then rinse with water. Stops the problem right away. when I have to pull a coil to clean it I use stronger cleaners but the last thing i do is rinse with the joy solution. I have never had to go back again.
The joy has a surfactant that breaks the surface tension so the water can run down between the fins into the pan. I;m not sure why it happens. Sometimes the water runs off the coil like it was scotch guarded. hit it with the joy solution and problem solved.
On a couple occasions I did see coils that had slight icing horizontally in strips and water dripped from the ice.
Reply With Quote
