Recently, air conditioners have become almost a mandatory detail of the arrangement of any apartment or a private house. In order for the air conditioner to perform the functions for it perfectly, it is necessary to establish it correctly, observing all the nuances and the requirements of the GOST. You should take care of drainage Climate installation, because otherwise condensate will constantly assemble under it. The problem is that the drainage system is not installed in all systems. It has to be thought out independently: a pump and a drainage pipe for air conditioning will be required. We will talk about the last detail in more detail.
During the operation of the air conditioner, inside its system occurs sharp drop temperature. He takes the air from the street, and there always keeps a certain level of humidity, so on the walls of some elements of the air conditioner is formed condensate. Usually it is displayed from the system by means of a conventional tube, which is included in the device kit.
Some come very simply and remove this very pipe to the street. On the one hand, such a solution is simple and convenient, but not for others, especially if you live in an apartment building.
Outside, puddles are formed, the flow of water can get to the facade of the building and over time to spoil it strongly.
Best to remove water in SewageFor this, the drainage pipe is required. It is connected to the pump, which provides a continuous removal of water.
As a result, it turns out completely autonomous system. You do not need to constantly monitor her work and check the drainage system.
Pipes for air conditioner can be 2 different species Although recently only one is most often used.
Drainage pipes used for air conditioners are more often from plastic. It may be polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene. Both materials are distinguished by a resistance to a wet medium, high throughput and good strength at normal load.
Plastic pipes used to remove condensate from the climatic installation, can be divided into 2 types: smooth and corrugated.
Smooth More accessible by price, so they are often used in a set of budget models of air conditioners. Such pipes are usually performed from polyethylene or polypropylene, because these materials are more elastic. However, with sharp bends and breaks without fittings, it is not necessary.
Fitting - This is an additional element that occurs in each pipe system. In our case, they are used to create bends, although more extensive functions can be performed in other industries.
Fittings allow you to avoid quick breakage of pipes that do not differ in particular flexibility.
Of course, such an element is convenient, but not only when installed. If the nearest duration of the drainage pipe and sewage connection is quite far from the installation itself, the fittings will have to use quite a lot, which will slow down the installation process itself, and in addition, will increase the total cost of all installation.
On the replacement of smooth pipes, you can choose a more perfect option, corrugated Designs. They have a very interesting shape of the walls, it is made in the form of a harmonica. Due to this, such pipes acquire excellent elasticity, but at the same time they retain all the advantages of plastic.
A similar pipe is installed without using additional devices. It can be bent at any angle.
For the manufacture of such pipes, a wide variety of types of plastic can be used, even polyvinyl chloride, which in itself does not differ in particular elasticity.
Considering that PVC is somewhat cheaper than other types of plastic, as a result, the cost of the corrugated pipe can even be on the same level with a simpler smooth design.
Corrugated walls allow the pipe to be more resistant to different loads, but it also has limitations. Corrugated tube can suffer in the middle, which is why its throughput will significantly reduce. Such breaks usually arise in the most hard to reach placesAnd a person can not notice for a long time that the operation of the air conditioner is something difficult.
For air conditioning drainage, small pipes are used, with a diameter of not more than 32 mm. It is simply no longer needed, because such elements do not have to deal with serious loads. The length of the pipe depends on the specific case - how strongly the immediate connection point of the air conditioner and sewage pipe is removed.
Typically, drainage pipes are already included in the design of the air conditioner, and they do not need to be purchased separately. But, if this part of the system has become unusable, its replacement will not be too expensive. Typically, the meter of such a pipe costs from 30 rubles for a smooth design and from 50 rubles - for corrugated.
All equipment of the evaporative type, including air conditioning, work, based on physical properties Gas - with a sharp expansion to cool its volume. Such a process takes place in the evaporative chamber, the purpose of which is to cool the air.
But during cooling, the other law of physics entitled "Reaching the point of growth" comes into force. Simple wordsThis looks like the occurrence of small drops of dew on the cooled surface, these droplets are called condensate.
In fact, they can be called by a by-product of the functioning of the technique, and for normal operation of the device, it needs to be timely removal of condensate from refrigeration systems.
Condensate is drops of water. Since the device of the air conditioner is difficult electrical connections and schemes, in some cases excessive humidity causes a failure in the work or breakage, and if the device is connected to the network, there is a short-circuit probability.
In one day, medium household air conditioners can collect up to 10-15 liters of fluid, which is in the atmosphere. And if there are many conditioners installed, for example, in office buildings, one day can get hundreds of condensate liters. Such volume is dangerous due to the risk of flooding.
It also adversely affects health. Wastewater Serve a good medium for breeding dangerous bacteria and mold.
These items are enough to make a decision to establish a special drainage of air conditioner for removal. the main task which is the withdrawal of excess condensate from the technique.
The main danger of condensate is far from risk something to flood or breakage of technology, it is a threat to health. If in the device there are several components for comfortable reproduction of bacteria, namely water, dirt and heat, all this creates conditions for a whole incubator of dangerous diseases and other infection:
Clogging of drainage pipe
After the information received above, the question arises how to delete the correct condensate from the air conditioner. Frequently used and profitable way to make a drain pipe to the street by drilling a small hole in the wall. The main advantage is simplicity - made a hole, stretched out the hose and everything works. But there is a negative side, it lies in the effect of "raindrops", which will fall on the windowsill and deliver a lot of inconvenience to the neighbors. Also, the disadvantages include the aesthetic side. As if practical, this method was not, not everyone likes the pipes hanging from the apartment; on a bare wall.
It will be much better to use condensate removal in the sewer.
Drainage Drainage
This option does not have any minuses. Air conditioner waste merged into the system intended for this. It can be like a common sewer channel and a specially installed network of pipelines. The removal of all effluents will occur without your help due to the tilt of the pipes.
But there are also their subtlety to implement such a condensate drain system from air conditioning:
Usually manufacturers make a detailed scheme that facilitates the installation process.
Condensate removal scheme
Drainage tubes from air conditioners refer to the discharge system and the market are represented by two positions:
The first option is most often used if the length of the runoff is small, in the other cases the corrugated systems are used. At the same time, the second variety has another huge advantage - it is the excellent flexibility of the drain hose, so that during installation there is no need to use additional fasteners as necessary when working with smooth trumpets.
Drainage pipes for air conditioners
Despite the difficult descriptions of actions, in practice, the process of removal is extremely simple and requires only attentiveness from you:
Now you need to withdraw the accounted earlier hose in the sewer or to the street. If the hose is assigned correctly, you will see the first drops that come out of the pipe.
Street drainage scheme
In domestic conditions, without the help of a specialist, you can only clean the system of the outlet in the event that only the bath nozzle is contaminated. For this you need:
With the rest of the failures associated with clogging drainage, it is necessary technical equipment, it is better to call the masters. DIY repair May damage expensive technique.
Air conditioning - the unit with which the optimal is supported in the premises climatic parameters. Working in automatic mode, it provides cooling and heating of air, cleaning from dust, and in some cases and an ambient air exchange. The principle of the air conditioner is to change the aggregate state of the refrigerant, depending on the temperature and pressure in the closed circuit. This process is accompanied by the formation of condensate, for the output of which in many models there is a special drainage system.
Education and accumulation of a large amount of condensate inside the air conditioner blocks leads to water flow on the facade of the house, as well as on the walls and furniture in the rooms. In addition, the presence of excess moisture inside the instrument can cause a short circuit of wiring, which will lead it out.
Depending on the selected mode of operation on the surfaces of the condenser or evaporator, condensate is formed, which gradually accumulates inside the air conditioner. The reason for its appearance is the difference in refrigerant temperatures circulating through tubes, and air passing through them. In order to avoid excessive water accumulation, a special condensate drain system is provided in the device design. It consists of a container (pallet) to collect moisture and drainage tubes, with which condensate is removed from the air conditioner.
Disposal place:
Put the drainage track easier corrugated tubes
The drainage tube of the air conditioner with which the resulting inside the condensate is derived from it, is made of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride. These materials are not affected by water, and the products of them differ in high strength. In practice, manufacturers are equipped with air conditioners reinforced tubes of two types - smooth and corrugated. Smooth tubes most often found in budget models of air conditioners. Their installation without special fittings is impossible.
Fittings - an element used to form bends when laying pipelines for various purposes.
The use of smooth pipes with fittings for laying a drainage pipe is appropriate when the air conditioner is located in close proximity to the sewage. If the connection point to the sewage is located at a sufficiently large distance, the use of fittings significantly complicates the installation of the pipeline.
Corrugated tubes are characterized by high flexibility and installation of the drainage pipeline can be carried out without fittings. The drainage hose for the air conditioner collected from corrugated tubes can be bent at any angle, which greatly simplifies the process of laying the pipeline.
Getting Started with the installation of the drainage system of the air conditioner, you must first of all design the entire track of the pipeline laying. This is especially true when the decision was made on the decay of condensate into the sewer or it is impossible to provide the necessary bias along the entire length of the pipeline.
Putting the pipeline for draining condensate from the air conditioner, it is necessary to ensure that the angle of inclination of horizontal sections was at least 3 °, and the corners of the pipeline turns were no more than 45 °.
In addition, all connections are desirable to perform with the help of fittings by installing them on the sealant.
Mounting at the entrance to the sewer hydropup, it is necessary to consider that it constantly should be standing water. Otherwise, the room will leak nasty smell From sewage.
The air conditioning is often embedded with a drainage pump (pump). It is one of the most important assemblies of the condensate removal system. Its design depends on the type of air conditioner and location indoors. If the pipeline gasket path is characterized by a large height difference between air conditioning and a condensate drain point, you must install an additional pump. The choice is carried out, guided by its ability to draw water from the pump below.
One of the most common faults of any air conditioner is its flow. There is such a defect most often due to clogging of its drainage system. At the same time, the hole in the pallet intended for the condensate drain is clogged with dust and garbage that brings water flowing into it. As a result, the pallet is overflowed and the water begins to flow out, bypassing the drain system.
Violation of the drainage system occurs for other reasons:
In the event of problems associated with the fall in the level of refrigerant, a decrease in pressure, the failure of the drainage pump and other faults, the correct solution will be applied to a specialized service department. Their qualified specialists will quickly and efficiently eliminate faults.
Eliminate the flow of water from the air conditioner, the reason for which the drainage system was clogged, the user can independently. At the same time, it is necessary to clean not only drainage system, but also filters of heat exchanger. Otherwise, dust accumulated on the evaporator will again score a drainage drain drainage. In order to clean the drainage system you need:
Next you need to thoroughly rinse the pallet, cleaning the drain hole from the accumulated garbage and dirt. Then check the condition of the drain tube. If it is clogged, blow the jet of air. With strong clogging in the tube it is necessary to pour special fluid To clean the air conditioners. Then, waiting minutes 20-30, with the help of a vacuum cleaner, remove contaminants.
Do not use wire drainage and similar objects to clean the pipeline. So you can get only a short-term effect. After some time, the blockage will recover, and water flow from the air conditioner will resume. In addition, the wire can damage thin-walled plastic tubes. The elimination of these damage will require labor-intensive and expensive repairs.
Chlorhexidine disinfects the part of the air conditioner
The removed coarse filters are also thoroughly washed, and then dried. The evaporator is cleaned of dust using a soft brush and vacuum cleaner.
Completing the process of cleaning the drainage system, many experts recommend to disinfect it. To do this, use a solution of chlorhexidine, which is treated with pallet and coarse filters. In addition, a small amount of the drug must be pouring into a drain pipe, having won 15-20 minutes, it was washed with running water, at the same time removing the remains of garbage and dirt from the drainage pipeline.
For many, today, air conditioning is not just appliances, and vital necessary thingwhich creates comfortable temperature conditions, especially in summer period. Such devices are very popular and used for private and production needs. But the effectiveness of air conditioners depends on whether all the important nodes of this equipment are installed correctly. Thus, the drainage tube of the air conditioner makes it possible to efficiently dispose of condensate. Incorrect location reduces system bandwidth.
The drainage tube is needed to remove condensate
Condensate is an integral component efficient work air conditioner. His appearance is explained by the principle of work of the Split system itself. In the summer, when the air temperature is high, the owners of air conditioners are trying to cool their homes and apartments with air conditioners. Split system itself, or other types of equipment, effectively copes with its task with the help of refrigerant. Most often is Freon.
The principle of air conditioner is based on air cooling. It is with the help of freon, which circulates in the compressor-condenser block on copper highways, and a temperature drops. Since the condenser part with the heat exchanger of the equipment is always located on the street, then it is there that there is a collision of "hot" with "cold". Drops of liquid are actively accumulated on the condenser surface, which can harm the operation of the air conditioner if they are not properly disposed.
The drainage hose for the air conditioner is an important structural element, proper installation Which not only saves the equipment itself from excess moisture.
It is important that condensate utilization does not interfere with the rest of the people (in multi-storey residential buildings). The tube must be located away from the windows and walls, as it is possible to harm the integrity of the structure itself. BUT the best way - This is a drainage connection to the sewage system. But, this method does not have drawbacks. But only the owners of private possessions can organize it.
The best material for the drainage pipe is plastic. It is durable when operating in all weather conditions. Modern models Air conditioners often use tubes from:
It is such materials that, by virtue of their chemical-physical properties, can be used to utilize condensate in any possible conditions for the equipment. Such constructive elements There are two types:
At its cost, smooth - more budget. Such tubes often come complete with air conditioning itself, more often with low price category equipment. The main advantage of smooth pipes is elasticity. But to fix it in one position without special fasteners and connections will not work. If in the installation of the drainage hose you need to position it at an angle, then the fittings will be needed. Such connecting elements do not have good elastic properties, like the tube itself. They are easy to operate.
But there is one flaw. If the drainage tube for the air conditioner connects to the sewage, then the fittings will need a lot. So, the installation of the entire split system will be an expensive event.
Another, more perfect option is a corrugated pipe. The hose walls are elastic and in their structure resemble the harmonica. It is this kind of drainage device that does not require additional Materials For its installation. But its installation should be more thorough. It is better that the channel be located under the highest angle to the surface of the Earth and did not have horizontal sites. It is in such places that the hose can be fed under the influence of the severity of water, which will cause some problems in the operation of the air conditioner.
Smooth tube costs cheaper corrugated
The incorrect installation of the hose for the condensate drain may result in excess water inside the external unit of the air conditioner. Therefore, it is important to do everything right. But not always, the problems overtake the owner of the equipment for this reason. So, the drain slog can simply clog out. But this will not happen when the technique is followed. It is caring for air conditioning that is a guarantee of its effective work. Since the external block of the split system is on the street, it is constantly exposed to natural factors. Inside the dust and garbage are applied, which fall there with precipitation and wind. In case of signs of conditioning conditioner, find a problem area is easy.
Where is the handset of the drainage system, every owner of the split system knows. If it was she clogged, then the problem is solved by a couple of rapid actions. The hose can be purged or clean by manually using any thin oblong tool. But the clogging of the hose is rare. Another important element of the drainage system is more often suffering from the water tank. It is to it through a small drain hole that the drain tube is connected. In the case of clogging this vessel, water fills its full volume. And the owner of the air conditioner can only observe the consequence of this - the flooding. When the water begins to overflow by the edges of the bath, it hits the bottom of the block itself. Accuming, the liquid is looking for an easy way to remove through any slots and holes.
The main cause of clogging or poor bandwidth of the drainage tube most often arises due to the human factor. Only inattention and dismissive attitude towards household appliances are able to change the quality and efficiency of the air conditioner. But there are exceptions. These include:
If the drainage pipe for the air conditioner is connected to the fittings, then gaps and cracks may appear on the site of their joints. These are also the cause of some problems. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the quality of the hose used. And if in a set with air conditioning, the tube does not possess those positive propertieswho are needed, it is better to purchase a new element.
Air conditioning - Popular household appliances used to maintain a comfortable microclimate indoor. And, like any other apparatus with a complex design, it contains a variety of replaceable details. Including siphon, connecting and drainage tubes. These elements can be considered auxiliary, in fact, without them it is difficult, and most often it is impossible to do.
For example, it concerns the siphon. This device is used to remove condensed moisture from the air conditioner. Some owners of climatic installations do not pay the dripping out of them due attention, because, usually it is possible to just drain down the window. But it is not wrong from the point of view of ethics and aesthetics. Dripping, and sometimes plowing from the height of moisture can get on random passersby. And if the house is a private low-storey, that is, another problem: condensate accumulates around the facade in the form of ugly puddles, which, besides, do not have the most beneficial effect on the state of the foundation. The installation of the siphon allows all this to avoid and make the operation of the air conditioner aesthetic and more comfortable from a practical point of view.
This is a fairly simple device that takes condensate right in sewage system. Initially, the moisture accumulates inside the siphon, as soon as its amount becomes sufficient, the special shutter is triggered and the water is merged into the sewer. And in order to do not pull out the pipe, the siphon is equipped with a special valve that does not let unpleasant odors room.
Depending on the type of design, siphons are:
Siphons for air conditioners are manufactured by both Russian and foreign manufacturers, each of which offers several models of such devices. They differ in the type of thread on the connecting elements, which should be considered when choosing a siphon. Built-in siphons have different depth indicators to which they can be immersed in the wall, which is also important to know before buying. The main indicator for which the effectiveness of such equipment is estimated is its throughput. For household needs, siphons with medium characteristics are suitable, and for industrial - exclusively with high.
Correct operation of the air conditioner is impossible and without special drainage tubes. They are part of a discharge complex along with a siphon. Suitable on the size and length of the tube, correctly mounted and hermetically fixed, will allow to get rid of condensed moisture unhindered and timely. Drainage can be made of hoses or capillary tubes. Hoses are made from PVC and have a larger diameter than the tube. To give them stiffness and stability inside, they have a spiral. They are mounted along with the main air conditioning system, laying along the walls and connecting with the sewage, and then covered with thermal insulation. Capillary tubes are usually applied complete with drainage pumps, they are used if moisture cannot be dedicated naturally, and you must first pump out. They are also made of durable, but flexible plastic, have a small diameter - 2-6 mm - and are often transparent. They can be easily assembled even in difficult conditions and indoors where there is no possibility to install another drainage system for air conditioning.
Drainage hoses and capillary pipes are an important functional part of the operating system of the air conditioner. In the correct manner, the drainage complex is needed in order to divert the aqueous concentrates outside the cooling process outside the air conditioners equipped with air conditioning.
This system is formed from the selected amount of drainage hoses, which are hermetically and securely connected to the main distribution unit of the air conditioning system. Under normal conditions, drainage hoses are installed at an angle to the pallet. internal block Air conditioner, which provides natural moisture drains. If the location of the air conditioner does not allow this to do, special drainage pumps are used, for the functioning of which capillary tubes are laid.
Drainage hoses (pipes)
Traditionally, drainage pipes are flexible hoses From polyvinyl chloride (PVC), fortified from damage to the inner spiral. They can be used to transfer air, chemical active gases, cold vapors, smoke, are not recommended for the use of gases to distillation with the possibility of sparking or with hot steam. Special design allows the drainage hose to be flexible and maintain high resistance to fractures and bears, withstand unfavorable. weather and low temperatures. Typically, these pipes are white and supplied in the bays of 25-30m in different diameter.
Inside the premises, drainage pipes are usually paved together with other communication and functional systems of the air conditioner in one box. They are installed along the walls and through specially prepared holes are removed beyond the limits of residential premises or connected with sewage system. At the same time, all the technological holes must be carefully cleaned of garbage and, if necessary, strengthened. After installing drainage pipes, electrical wiring and air mains, they are closed with insulating materials, as a role that various natural and synthetic soft fillers are used capable of ensuring tightness and withstand sharp temperature differences over a long period of time.
Often, a variety of hoses are installed as temporary measures for repair, including ordinary rubber, but this leads to a rapid occurrence of leaks in the most inconvenient places from the beggars. For reliable and high-quality work, it is important to use only specialized pipes for drainage systems.
Capillary hoses (tubes)
These products are usually used complete with specially installed drainage pumps. Their use is the only solution for those situations where it is impossible to ensure condensate condensate with the usual way. Modern technologies Production drainage pumps allow you to install equipment at any necessary places, as well as use electronic water control sensors, which ensures reliable and accurate result.
Depending on the size of the premises, pumps are used by the most of the different power and performance, while the further output paths in the form of wastewater or sewage, the greater the capillary hose does not apply. These tubes are made of durable plastic, which, depending on the manufacturer, can be both color and transparent. Capillary hoses have high flexibility and relatively small diameter - usually 6mm external and 2mm internal, which ensures the simplicity of their gasket even in the most hard-to-reach places of residential and industrial premises.
