{"id":804,"date":"2021-06-28T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:29:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:29:56","slug":"why-your-ac-might-be-leaking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snellair.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/why-your-ac-might-be-leaking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your AC Might Be Leaking Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"water\"We\u2019ve talked before about the <\/span>problem of refrigerant leaks<\/span><\/a> in air conditioners and how you can detect them early so you can call us for <\/span>AC repair in Covington, GA<\/span><\/a>. But more than refrigerant can leak out of your air conditioning system. Your AC can leak water as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might think, \u201cWait, the AC doesn\u2019t use <\/span>water<\/span><\/i> to cool down the air. It uses refrigerant.\u201d First, take some pride in your HVAC knowledge\u2014we hope this means you read our earlier blog! Second, you correctly identified that an AC doesn\u2019t use water for cooling. But an air conditioner does create water as a byproduct of how it works, and its design allows it to remove this water from the cabinet and out of the house. If you listen to your air conditioner as it runs, you\u2019ll occasionally hear the sound of water. That\u2019s AC removing water through its condensate system. When this condensate system malfunctions, it leads to water leaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Where the Water Comes From<\/b><\/h2>\n

Why does the air conditioner create water as it cools the air? It\u2019s a result of evaporating cold refrigerant in the indoor evaporator coil, which is how the AC draws heat from the air moving over the coil. As the coil pulls out heat, it also causes the moisture vapor in the air to condense along the surface, much the same way that water droplets appear on the outside of a glass of cold liquid.<\/span><\/p>\n

The water on the evaporator coil drips off it and falls into a shallow condensate pan located under the coil. From there, a pump pulls the water down a drain and through a plastic line until it deposits it outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Leaks Can Start<\/b><\/h2>\n

The condensate system can have problems that will lead to water leaking from out of the AC. The main causes of leaking water include:<\/span><\/p>\n