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     One easy way a homeowner can clear the condensate drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> pan class="highlight">topan> vacuum it with a shop vacuum from the outside of the home.  The condensate lpan class="highlight">inpan>e can pan class="highlight">bepan> vacuumed by placpan class="highlight">inpan>g the vacuum hose on the dpan class="highlight">ispan>charge of the condensate lpan class="highlight">inpan>e.  An empty shop vacuum should pan class="highlight">bepan> used for vacuumpan class="highlight">inpan>g the drapan class="highlight">inpan> lpan class="highlight">inpan>e.  Thpan class="highlight">ispan> way after vacuumpan class="highlight">inpan>g, the vacuum can pan class="highlight">bepan> pan class="highlight">inpan>spected for the debrpan class="highlight">ispan> that was removed.  The vacuum hose should pan class="highlight">bepan> left on the lpan class="highlight">inpan>e for approximately two mpan class="highlight">inpan>utes.  After the time has passed, the homeowner will remove the hose from the lpan class="highlight">inpan>e.  If the obstruction was sucked out, the drapan class="highlight">inpan> should start drapan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">inpan>g on its own allowpan class="highlight">inpan>g all the pan class="highlight">waterpan> that was blocked pan class="highlight">inpan> the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan of the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler pan class="highlight">topan> flow out. 

     If the vacuumpan class="highlight">inpan>g technique doesn’t remove the obstruction, another way pan class="highlight">topan> clear the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> by back flushpan class="highlight">inpan>g the drapan class="highlight">inpan> with a pan class="highlight">waterpan> hose from the outside of the home.  The homeowner must take care when back flushpan class="highlight">inpan>g the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">topan> not flush pan class="highlight">topan> much pan class="highlight">waterpan> pan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">topan> the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler causpan class="highlight">inpan>g it pan class="highlight">topan> overflow.  A few one pan class="highlight">topan> three second flushes applied pan class="highlight">topan> the dpan class="highlight">ispan>charge of the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> usually enough pan class="highlight">topan> break the blockage loose.  A large flow of pan class="highlight">waterpan>, most of the time colder than the tap pan class="highlight">waterpan>, will signify the unspan class="highlight">topan>pppan class="highlight">inpan>g of the drapan class="highlight">inpan>.  Once the blockage pan class="highlight">ispan> dpan class="highlight">ispan>lodged, the debrpan class="highlight">ispan> should flow back out the drapan class="highlight">inpan> with the pan class="highlight">waterpan> that was flushed pan class="highlight">inpan>.  If the homeowner does not observe any debrpan class="highlight">ispan> or algae flow back out the drapan class="highlight">inpan> after flushpan class="highlight">inpan>g, the blockage may have pan class="highlight">bepan>en pushed pan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">topan> the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan pan class="highlight">inpan>side the unit. The debrpan class="highlight">ispan> may drapan class="highlight">inpan> from the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler and cause no further problems, but pan class="highlight">therepan> pan class="highlight">ispan> the possibility that the drapan class="highlight">inpan> could pan class="highlight">bepan>come blocked agapan class="highlight">inpan> until the debrpan class="highlight">ispan> pan class="highlight">ispan> removed from the drapan class="highlight">inpan> system. 

  The next step should pan class="highlight">bepan> resettpan class="highlight">inpan>g the float switch. The float switch may pan class="highlight">bepan> pan class="highlight">inpan>stalled pan class="highlight">inpan> a few different places.  If the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler pan class="highlight">ispan> pan class="highlight">inpan>stalled vertically, most of the time it pan class="highlight">ispan> pan class="highlight">inpan>stalled on the front of the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler itself next pan class="highlight">topan> where the primary condensate drapan class="highlight">inpan> exits the unit.  Most float switches have a float with two wires compan class="highlight">inpan>g from the pan class="highlight">topan>p of it where the float can pan class="highlight">bepan> removed from the fittpan class="highlight">inpan>g.  The pan class="highlight">waterpan> needs pan class="highlight">topan> pan class="highlight">bepan> removed from the fittpan class="highlight">inpan>g that holds the float by either turnpan class="highlight">inpan>g the float up or over pan class="highlight">topan> allow the pan class="highlight">waterpan> pan class="highlight">topan> flow back pan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">topan> the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler’s drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan. If the float switch pan class="highlight">ispan> glued pan class="highlight">inpan> place, the pan class="highlight">waterpan> can pan class="highlight">bepan> sucked out with a shop vacuum by removpan class="highlight">inpan>g the float and then suckpan class="highlight">inpan>g the pan class="highlight">waterpan> out.  If no pan class="highlight">waterpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> left pan class="highlight">inpan> the float switch, the pan class="highlight">waterpan> will have flowed out by itself just by unspan class="highlight">topan>pppan class="highlight">inpan>g the drapan class="highlight">inpan>.

    If the system pan class="highlight">ispan> pan class="highlight">inpan>stalled horizontally, the float switch should pan class="highlight">bepan> pan class="highlight">inpan>stalled on the emergency drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan located underneath the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler pan class="highlight">inpan> the attic or suspended pan class="highlight">inpan> the garage. The pan class="highlight">waterpan> pan class="highlight">inpan> the emergency pan will have pan class="highlight">topan> pan class="highlight">bepan> removed pan class="highlight">topan> reset the switch. The pan class="highlight">bepan>st way pan class="highlight">topan> remove the pan class="highlight">waterpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> with a shop vacuum. With a shop vacuum suck the pan class="highlight">waterpan> out of the secondary pan pan class="highlight">topan> a level low enough pan class="highlight">topan> allow the switch pan class="highlight">topan> go down pan class="highlight">topan> its lowest position.

     Once the pan class="highlight">waterpan> level pan class="highlight">ispan> low enough for the switch pan class="highlight">topan> reset, the system should come back on.  Dependpan class="highlight">inpan>g on the system’s components pan class="highlight">therepan> may pan class="highlight">bepan> a five-mpan class="highlight">inpan>ute time delay pan class="highlight">bepan>fore the air conditionpan class="highlight">inpan>g system restarts.  From thpan class="highlight">ispan> popan class="highlight">inpan>t the homeowner should monipan class="highlight">topan>r the primary drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">topan> make sure that it pan class="highlight">ispan> drapan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">inpan>g while runnpan class="highlight">inpan>g; and if pan class="highlight">therepan> pan class="highlight">ispan> an emergency pan, make sure it pan class="highlight">ispan> not fillpan class="highlight">inpan>g back up with pan class="highlight">waterpan>. If the system trips the float switch agapan class="highlight">inpan> or does not start drapan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">inpan>g, the homeowner can try the above pan class="highlight">inpan>structions agapan class="highlight">inpan>.

     If the drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan class="highlight">ispan> conspan class="highlight">ispan>tently span class="highlight">topan>pppan class="highlight">inpan>g up, or does not start drapan class="highlight">inpan>pan class="highlight">inpan>g it pan class="highlight">ispan> recommended that a service technician come and service the system. pan class="highlight">Therepan> could pan class="highlight">bepan> a problem with the drapan class="highlight">inpan> lpan class="highlight">inpan>e or a problem with the pan class="highlight">topan>oltip" data-origpan class="highlight">inpan>al-title="The Air Handler is the piece of equipment installed in the inside of your home that blows air through your house. Sometimes installed in the garage, attic, or the interior of your home. It is composed of a coil and a fan and controlled by a thermostat. To check if the unit is running you should be able to hear it and feel air blowing through a vent in your house. ">air handler’s drapan class="highlight">inpan> pan. A professional diagnospan class="highlight">ispan> or cleanpan class="highlight">inpan>g pan class="highlight">ispan> most likely needed for the system.

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