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rich_racin
Explorer
Oct 15, 2013

Water Leak from AC unit stained ceiling material

Hi hope to get a little advice. We had a steady rain for over a day last week which resulted in some leaks at my front AC. By the end of the rain I saw a drip and realized water had come in enough to ...
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dougrainer
Nomad
Oct 16, 2013
rich racin wrote:
thanks I did check the bolts they are tight actually tightened them a little more but am not sure how tight they need to be.


If you cannot see more than 5/8 inch of the compressed gasket, it is overtightened. IF the gasket gets too compressed, the 2 drain holes get blocked off for the Evap condensation. Especially if you have RVP(Coleman) AC units. This means you need to replace the AC gaskets. Doug

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