Why does the air conditioner drip into the room and what to do in this case?

Causes of the course

1. If the cooling system has been operating at full strength for a long time — and, as a rule, it happens in hot summers — the condensate collection tank is simply overflowing, and it’s ready, the device flows into the house, not the street.
2. In winter, the heat-exchanging part of the air conditioner can be covered with ice, and this in turn leads to the formation of condensate from the working fluid. He begins to flow. Freezing occurs if the outdoor temperature differs significantly during the day and night.
3. The drainage system of the air conditioner may fail, due to which condensate does not flow into a special tank, but drips or flows.
4. The drain hose may not be in the correct position, as a result of which the liquid simply does not rise in the right direction, and the split system starts to flow.
5. The circuit was depressurized due to the fact that the pipes leading the fluid into the system were weakened, and it flows drop by drop.
6. Excess fluid may be inside the circuit, resulting in increased pressure. This problem is quite serious, because in the end it may turn out that your air conditioner did not just flow, but it broke.

The flow of the split system looks as follows:

What to do?

Let's consider how to fix the malfunction with your own hands:

• In the first case, there is nothing complicated - you need to pour the condensate accumulated there from the tank, and then install it in place, and the split system will work fine. Of course, this must be done after turning it off and, preferably, after washing. Watch for condensation to prevent leakage.
• If the air conditioner flows due to the ice coating of the heat exchanger part, then make thermal insulation, for example, using glass wool so that there is no such reaction to temperature changes.
• In the event that the drainage pump breaks down and flows, it must, of course, be repaired or replaced, but for this you should contact air conditioning specialists who will perform repair and diagnostics at the proper level.
• If water is dripping because the hose is not placed correctly, then place it under the necessary slope.
• Weak fastening of the nozzles can be improved by strengthening the fasteners with nuts, and for the strength can be treated with sealant. But do not pinch until the thread breaks.
• Constantly check the amount of fluid so that there is no excessive accumulation, and the split system does not leak.

Another cause of failure is clogging of the drainage tube. How to fix this malfunction with your own hands is described in the video:

Thus, part of the causes of leaks of the air conditioner may well be eliminated on its own. But in more complex cases, it is better, of course, to turn to specialists. For example, such a moment when the indoor unit itself flowed. Here the reason, most likely, will be the presence inside the defects - chips, cracks. Of course, you can try to fill them with a bonding agent, but it is better to entrust the analysis of the device to a specialist.

Experts advise

Here are a few more comments and tips from professionals who are involved in the installation, commissioning, and repair of refrigeration appliances. In general, they call the clogging of the drainage tank the most common reason that the air conditioner is leaking. If you neglect its service cleaning, then in the end it will become clogged. Dirt, wasps, spiders, and other insects get into the tube. The question often arises - what do insects do inside the tube? They, like all living things in the summer, are attracted to water. Some even settle there. The inventive owners of air conditioners sometimes put on a mosquito net at the end of the tube, but it also clogs over time.

Since the hole diameter of the drainage tube is about 1 cm, and it becomes clogged, when the split system is working, water drips through the indoor unit into the apartment, not through the tube into the street. The solution to the cleaning problem is best entrusted to specialists. After turning off the air conditioner and after flushing it, the problem will be completely eliminated, the drainage system is cleaned.

Often, an independent human factor is to blame for the fact that water is dripping from the hull. So, during the repair, it happens, you need to rearrange it a little higher, lower, or to the side (especially when the repair touches the ceilings in the room). In this case, if this is done without the participation of specialists, the angle of inclination of the drainage may change, and water does not flow into the street, as expected, but drips into the room. Here you can’t do without the participation of service workers, because you need to drill a new hole and relocate the communication anew. In addition, during the currently popular high-altitude warming works, industrial climbers, as experience shows, can cover the drainage with putty (if it drips from the neighbors) and bend up the end of the drainage tube. Here, of course, in order to eliminate the leak, it is necessary to redo the intervention of negligent workers.

Cheap installation costs more

Also, the reason that water runs in an apartment or in a room, and not on the street, may be elementary low-quality, but also inexpensive installation. The following factors are often highlighted here:

1. The hole was drilled directly into the quick arm, and not at a slight angle, as expected (then, of course, water flows into the street, and not into the room).
2. The drainage tube may be broken due to the use of low-quality materials or simple work in a hurry.
3. Poor rolling, due to which freon flowed, and, as mentioned above, the heat exchanger froze. As a result, melted water flows, ice falls out when the air conditioner turns off.
4. The freon conduit is poorly insulated. Because of this, condensation collects and starts to flow.

So cheap installation is more expensive, because the customer will pay first for low-quality installation, and then - to eliminate its consequences. And in many cases, the installation has to be started anew, and as a result, the client will pay two, or even three times more! Conclusion - Trust air conditioner installation only specialists from reliable companies to avoid the above problems.

So we examined the main reasons why the air conditioner is flowing in the room, as well as ways to fix the malfunction with our own hands.We hope you now know why water begins to drip and what to do in this case!

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