[C320-list] AC unit condensation drain line

[JeffWillis111 at aol.com]

Thanks Doug,  Always great insight from the folks on this site.   How about 
a check valve at "Y" just above where the Condensation drain line ties  in? 
 What do you do with your Condensation Drain line?
 
Jeff
 
 
In a message dated 7/25/2014 4:35:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
doug at treff.us writes:

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