air conditioner leaking water into camper
I have a 3 year old Coleman Mach air conditioner. It is leaking water into the coach. I pulled the plastic shroud off to look for drain hoses but couldn't find one. The front part of the AC is sealed ...
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Questions time. Then an explanation
1: Does it leak when it is raingin, but the AC is off?
2: Does it only leak when it's running.
3: Does it make a "Gurgling" noise?
Explanations:
If the answer to 1 is NO, then it means the leak is inside the AC, not the roof gasket.
On 2 and 3 (Both will often be yes) here is what is happening.
The inside air intake filters are dirty, this leads to a partial vacuum building up on the inlet side of the evaporator coils,
Now in normal operation water condenses out of the air as it passes over these coils and then drips off into a drip tray, from there it runs to a "lip" where it drains onto the roof, then it runs off the side of the Motor home (Assumes you do not have ducted water drains, most do not).
With the partial vacuum, water is SUCKED out of this drip tray into an area where it drips down on the filters, and from there into your living space.
Suggestions.
1: CLEAN the filters
2: Find the lip, on my Carrier Air V it's on the rear, on my Advent the driver's side.
raise the nose (Front0 of the rv like 1" (not much more) you may also need to raise the side (even less, perhaps half an inch).
I have had that problem on and off over the years and finally, last time, figured out it was nothing more than dirty filters.
1: Does it leak when it is raingin, but the AC is off?
2: Does it only leak when it's running.
3: Does it make a "Gurgling" noise?
Explanations:
If the answer to 1 is NO, then it means the leak is inside the AC, not the roof gasket.
On 2 and 3 (Both will often be yes) here is what is happening.
The inside air intake filters are dirty, this leads to a partial vacuum building up on the inlet side of the evaporator coils,
Now in normal operation water condenses out of the air as it passes over these coils and then drips off into a drip tray, from there it runs to a "lip" where it drains onto the roof, then it runs off the side of the Motor home (Assumes you do not have ducted water drains, most do not).
With the partial vacuum, water is SUCKED out of this drip tray into an area where it drips down on the filters, and from there into your living space.
Suggestions.
1: CLEAN the filters
2: Find the lip, on my Carrier Air V it's on the rear, on my Advent the driver's side.
raise the nose (Front0 of the rv like 1" (not much more) you may also need to raise the side (even less, perhaps half an inch).
I have had that problem on and off over the years and finally, last time, figured out it was nothing more than dirty filters.
