kelvinator room air conditioner

[macklin]

Just moved into our new home and it has a kelvinator refrigerator room air conditioner.

On the hot days we have had in Melbourne (very few) I have used it. It is situated on the wall of the garage next to the house with direct access to the lounge room. However I noticed that a lot of water is dripping from the base at the rear of the unit. The instruction card we have suggests ( I quote)remove the plastic plug in the base of the unit remove any material which blocks the drain hole (unquote) I removed the plastic plate at the rear but it appeared to be clean, you cannot see much as it ia a small hole at the base. Is this normal due to evaporation, on the days it was on it was very hot.

Thank you

Jean Bloom

[David L]

I think you will find it is extracting humidity from the air

David

[Termite]

One feature of domestic aircons is that by default they de-humidify the air, it's part of the process. You would be amazed at the flow out of my 3hp Daikin. :eek:

[macklin]

thank you both for your replies




jean Bloom

[Ian007]

its the way they are meant to work
start to worry when they dont drip any water at all

cheers Ian the aircon man

[Daddles]

Drip? The one at my last place tried to outdo the Murray. Mind you, that's probably not a great feat these days

Richard
did I mention my greenie tendancies?

[macklin]

Thanks once again to you both

One lasr thing, I guess there is no problems with connecting a tube
to the knozzle because the water runs onto a work bench, and the first day we turned it on all the water dripped all over my husbands tools (quite a lot)


Thank You

Jean Bloom

[Termite]

Macklin, if you connect a tube make sure you check it regularly, it's a favourite place for wasps to build a nest and block it up.

[macklin]

thanks termite

it is only about 1/2 inch in diameter anyway


Thanks

Jean Bloom