How To Clean Your Aircon Drain | Billy

How to Clean Your Aircon Drain

If you have recently noticed water overflowing the condensate drain pan or a small pool of water forming under your aircon, this could be a sign of clogging in your aircon condensate drain.

Ok. What’s next? Should you check yourself or contact a professional?

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If you are familiar with air conditioner design and have spare of free time, you can try to check as per below steps.

But if you are busy and want to fix your aircon drain problem hassle-free, it is time to hire professionals for aircon service in Singapore.

Billy Aircon offers air-conditioning servicing & repair at an affordable price with 25 years of experience. Here are the reasons why customers like us.

• Billy Aircon was founded in 2003
• Our chief technical leader has accumulated 25 years of work experience
• We start from a team of 5 increase to 26 people today
• Each technician has more than 3 years of experience. We never send a newbie to you
• We have 2 special teams to handle emergency repair & services
• Offers the best aircon servicing promotion
• Our customer services respond to your enquiry and appointment within 24 hours.

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Appreciated again your service Brendonread more Kent Yap 03:31 22 Nov 19 This is my first time engaging Billy Aircon servicing & repair. They are quick in replying your messages. Their technician, Danial, came to help me with my air-con problems. He quoted me based on the problem which the air-con had. Danial is really expert & experienced. I am very happy with the service they have provided. Now, my family can enjoy the cool breeze again. Surely will recommend Billy Aircon Servicing & Repair to my friends & others.read more Naufal Baharudin 23:50 02 Apr 20 Very professional Aircon servicing company. We are very much satisfied with their services. Keep the good work going 👍.read more Asha Mishra 09:11 27 May 20 Ken is punctual and professional. He checked the AC and recommended a hot steam cleaning. 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Read on to know why the aircon condensate drain gets clogged and how it is maintained or cleaned.

What causes clogging of your aircon condensate drain?

An air conditioner usually does three things to cool down your indoor environment.

It sucks up the hot air from your room, cools down the air, and then releases the cool air back into the room. Once the hot air comes in the evaporator and generates condensation, it turns into water.

The water is drained away through the condensate drain pan and condensate pipe out of the unit. However, without regular maintenance, dust and dirt may accumulate in the drain lines.

Even mold and algae may grow inside the pipes and clog the drain. Consequently, you may notice increased humidity levels in your rooms and get a musty smell in and around your home.

The other possible reason is the dirt accumulates in the drainage pipes when it comes into contact with the dirty drainage water, which will form jelly and blockage the discharge of the drainage water. To drain jelly from air con pipe or unclog aircon pipe, please follow the steps below.

Steps to Clean & How To Unclog Aircon Drain Pipe

1. Turn off and unplug your air conditioner. This is the first thing you should do for your safety.
2. Remove the access panel and locate the condensate drain pan. You will find it under the evaporator coil.
3. Check whether water is overflowing from the pan. If yes, then may be the drain channel is clogged. You need to soak the water and the clean the pan with a dry cloth. You can also use soap with water for better cleaning.
4. Now you need to use a vacuum cleaner to unclog the drain line. One good idea would be to vacuum from the endpoint of the drain opening located outside of your house. That way, you can pull out all the dirt, debris, and molds in the drain pipe, as well as eliminate any chance of blowing the dirt back into the drain pipe.
5. Apply high-pressure suction if required. It may take some time to remove all the dirt and dust from the drain pipe. You should continue blowing the suction for at least one minute at one go and then check the canister every time to see how much of the dirt has been removed. Repeat the process several times until you are getting no dusts or dirt in the canister.
6. The next step is to pour distilled vinegar solution in the drain pipes. Keep the solution there for at least one hour. This will help eliminate any stubborn rust or dust in the drain channel.
7. Now you need to flush out the drain pipe with clean water. You can use your garden hose for this job. Flush water from the top of the pipe so that the water flow through the pipe and leave out the drain from the outside of your unit. Check for any issue with free-flowing of the water.

The above guide also applies on how to clean split ac drain pipe. And an expert technician for aircon servicing usually takes the above steps to clean an aircon drain.

It is always a good idea to get the drain pipes cleaned at regular intervals and do regular aircon servicing and maintenance.

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