Reset Condensate Overflow Safety Switch

Like a culvert the condensate drain line is normally mostly empty with a small amount of water flowing in the lower parts of the horizontal run.

Reset condensate overflow safety switch.

A lit led indicates the wet switch is activated and has turned the unit off. Some ac drain line float switches don t automatically reset. Aqua guard 1100 switch for metal pan. However small lizards or frogs occasionally become lodged in the pipe stopping the flow of the water.

Condensate switches traps home. 200 series smarttrap kits 0 00. 0 to 30 volts dc 5a 150w. One or two drops will cause wet switch to turn off a unit alerting a serviceman to a moisture problem.

The pipe must be full or near full to activate the switch. The wet switch keeps that from happening. And yet we still install a float switch inside the drain line it s like a second line of defense. If the air handler s float switch has tripped the primary condensate drain has stopped up due to a blockage and the blocked water has tripped the float on the float switch.

Primary drain pan or clipped to coil above primary drain pan. This video should help you with that. The float switch a safety device that shuts the system down when condensation overflows into the drain pan can fail for a number of reasons according to smith. With a standard pan float switch installation a lot of water can leak out before the float switch turns the system off assuming it works properly.

Most of the time an algae growth is the culprit blocking the drain. Ez trap 200 series smarttrap kits. Condensate overflow cut off switch. 0 to 250 volts ac 5a 1250va.

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Water dripping through the ceiling and an air handler sitting in a drain pan full of water directly above it is more common than you think says christian smith an hvac contractor. Since the sensor component of the sos only covers part of the tubing a low volume of flowing water does not activate the switch. Reset simply by drying the absorbent pad with a paper towel and pressing the reset switch.