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[black roadster]

Our A/C Unit inside our house is leaking. Anyone have any recommendations on who to use that services the McKinney area?

[POS Racing]

Leaking what? Freon or Water?

[black roadster]

Leaking what? Freon or Water?

H2O

[POS Racing]

H2O

Hey I just played that same game at my house. Was basically able to clear the drain with coat hanger and some bleach.

Cost me a nice coat hanger....

[channelmaniac]

Must be that time of year. I just had to clear mine out too.

I just used an air tank. Drilled a hole through a cork, placed it over the drain pipe, and shot about 60lbs of air pressure down the line. You could hear it gurgle, gurlge, and gurlge down the line then it all was shot out the other end and nothing but air could be heard after that.

Once you get it cleaned out you need to pour a cup of bleach down the line.

RJ

[Rogue]

William, if you end up needing a repairman, let me know.
The guy with the '64 Riviera is an awesome A/C guy.

[Magma]

I think the company I used was Collin air when I had problems in Plano

[sammm]

H2O

Condensation drain has crud in it. Blow it out with compressed air, shop vac on exhaust or whatever you have. Dump some bleach down it when you are done.

[HudsonHawk]

FYI: The bleach willkill the mold/whateve else may be growing in the drain pipe and keep it from happening again. It is a good idea to run a little bleach down the lines about once a year to combat this type of thing.

[tailchaser]

Heh... Shop Vac... Heh... Ever read the story about the clogged gutter, the Tim Taylor-ized Shop Vac and the squirrel??? Classic.

[black roadster]

Not sure how to blow it out. The PVC pipe is cemented into the A/C unit. I couldn't loosen it with vice grips. There is a vent tube. I went ahead and poured bleach down it. We'll see if that works.

[sammm]

There is a vent tube.

That's usually tied in to the drain.

[POS Racing]

Not sure how to blow it out. The PVC pipe is cemented into the A/C unit. I couldn't loosen it with vice grips. There is a vent tube. I went ahead and poured bleach down it. We'll see if that works.

Put the vice grips down.

How about a picture of what ya got, maybe we could 'splain it to ya better. It's really not rocket surgery once you have done it?

[tailchaser]

How to "blow it"....

Jim-Bob's still in the hospital after last Tuesday... He's had a hard time hearing since a little fireworks incident on the 4th...

But he was working at the gas station when this lady pulls up in the dirtiest Pontiac station wagon he'd ever seen. All the fans were cranked up, so he was really having a hard time hearing...

She gets out of the car and says "I need to use your rest room."

Well... like I said... he wasn't hearing too well... and assumed she needed a vacuum to clean up the car. He felt sorry for her... So he shouted back (over the fans) "We ain't got one! But if you'll pull around back, I can blow it out with a air hose!"

So he's still in the hospital...

[black roadster]

Problem seems to be solved. I poured some bleach down the vent pipe and no leaks all day.