[C320-list] AC unit condensation drain line

[Doug Treff]

Cooling water is under pressure from the pump. If you tee into that, I 
doubt it would work, and you would likely wind up with a bilge full of 
cooling water that is backflushing through the condensate line because 
the pump pressure would surely overwhelm the gravity fed condensate 
line.

You probably can't tee into the suction side either because it could 
allow sea water to siphon into the boat when the AC isn't running. It 
could also cause the pump to pull air into the line and lose prime.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On 2014-07-25 15:30, JeffWillis111 at aol.com wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I have been running AC quite a bit lately and was wondering what  
> others do
> with the condensation drain line.  PO just ran into bilge. I  could not 
> do
> that so I just put a 5 gal bucket there and dump it everyday.   A lot 
> of
> trouble.
> 
> Not interested in another thru-hull  but was curious if installing a  
> "Y"
> in cooling water discharge drain line and hooking condensation  drain 
> line to
> it and let it drain through the same line as cooling  water?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Jeff and Debbie Willis
> Esprit, #174