Clearing AC drain pipe.

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My wife had the AC off the entire time I was in China this trip.
The drain pipe clogged again.
The bladder style clog buster I bought was the smallest available but too big to fit the interior end of the pipe.
So I went offside. Luckily the elbow piece connecting the pipe at the wall to the pipe in the ground is easy to twice. The bladder fit nicely in both the outgoing pipe and the incoming. I had my son hold the AC end of the pipe pointing into a bucket. Stuck the bladder, slowly turned it on. A big clump of wet lint came out before running clean.
Also blow out the outgoing pipe.
AC back on. Nice to have it back when it is still hitting 90 during the day.



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Get some chlorine tabs for a pool. Pot a piece in the pan under the coIL and another in the overflow pan. Keeps the algae from growing. I'd say most of what you blew out was in fact algae.
 
I just dump a little bleach down the condensate drain once a month or two.

I think that chlorine attacks aluminum, so I wouldn’t put it in the pan under the coils.
 
Open the unit and clean the pan. Check the coil for cleanliness too, both sides.
Then put a "air conditioner pan tab" or two in it.
 
I just dump a little bleach down the condensate drain once a month or two.

I think that chlorine attacks aluminum, so I wouldn’t put it in the pan under the coils.
I've been doing chlorine since the pans went plastic 20 years ago. I always put them in customers units. Never had an issue.
 
Don’t listen to me, Heck I didn’t even know that the pans were plastic now.
Had the coil replaced on my original unit in the attic, the kid who did the work used acid flux to clean the copper lines before brazing,
he never rinsed the galvanized pan, that caused a leak that damaged the ceiling. My new units use plastic pans.
 
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