Air Conditioner Question
 

I've lived here for 6 years and have had my A/C maintained twice a year and never has it been mentioned to me that I need to add a gallon of water into the little tube on the unit inside the garage until now?

My last cleaning last month the technician told me I should do this? A whole gallon down that little tube?? Do any of you do this and is it correct? Does it matter if it's hot, warm or cold water?

It’s to clean out drain line add a little bleach this helps dissolve and clean out crud. The drain line should be exposed by your A/C unit outside

we had the drain line back up after two years....our tech told us to pour a tea kettle of boiling water down that drain 2x's a year to clean out any crud that may have accumulated
in the line

I asked if I could use bleach (which I had used in my Ft Lauderdale home on this drain line) and he said to avoid using bleach as it can create problems with the A/C unit

the boiling water does the trick and I avoid having bleach go into the ground

Use about a cup of white vinegar once a month

Here is a link to the Drain King 345, on Amazon for $12. You stick the rubber end into the condensate drain line and connect a garden hose to it. It will flush out your condensate line way better then bleach or vinegar, and you can see the water coming out the other end.

Robot Check

Yep. What he said!

Actually a more important question in my mind is, why and who are you paying twice a year to maintain your a/c???? If they are doing their job, twice a year, they should be taking care of that chore! Chuck Farrell A/C vacuums out that line and adds a chemical pellet/pill to that line as part of their maintenance!

I would ask the same question.

I agree. If they are not cleaning the condensate line, what are they cleaning? My system is 5 years old, and the only maintenance I have ever done is to flush the condensate line and replace the filter. My inside and outside coils look like new, and I have never paid anyone to do any maintenance work or cleaning.

We do Hot water couple times per year. Helps to flush out critters and their living quarters.

I use Sunshine, they were maintaining twice a year but at the last one a month ago, they said they were changing their schedule to only once a year and that's when he told me I should do the water thing.

Maintenance usually only once a year. Hot water down the tube about once a month.

4 ounces with water hot twice a year

Vinager and water

Yes, every quarter.