I have an A/C with a drain tube that keeps getting clogged (then it drips inside). I watched the A/C guy fix it last time by using a small hand held device with a small nozzle that blew high pressure air into the small rubber hose on the inside of the a/c unit to clear it.
The problem reoccurs every two or three months for some reason only on this unit (out of eight).
Does anyone know where I can get the small high pressure air tool that they use so that I can just do it myself. I don't want to keep paying the guy to come out every couple of months just for that. It was electric and was a hand tool about the size of a flashlight but with a small bent metal nozzle that fit into the rubber drain hose.
Thanks!
High pressure air tool
High pressure air tool
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I've been reading up on this as have the same problem from time to time. Many of the sites I visited recommend a small hand held shop-vac and you do the sucking from the outside end of the pipe rather than the inside.
I've yet to go shopping though to see if available, or the blower type you mentioned is available.
It seems like an easy enough job to do without havng to pay for a service call once you have the right tool.
The aircon technician has told us the more angles in the drainage pvc and the longer the length, the more frequent the problems. Pete
I've yet to go shopping though to see if available, or the blower type you mentioned is available.
It seems like an easy enough job to do without havng to pay for a service call once you have the right tool.
The aircon technician has told us the more angles in the drainage pvc and the longer the length, the more frequent the problems. Pete
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Thanks Pete,
Actually it may have been a small shop vac that had a switch like our big vac that changes it from sucking to blowing! (Please, no jokes about hiring a Bintabat girl to do it!)
I'll go have a look at those at HomePro and see if any have that option.
Actually it may have been a small shop vac that had a switch like our big vac that changes it from sucking to blowing! (Please, no jokes about hiring a Bintabat girl to do it!)
I'll go have a look at those at HomePro and see if any have that option.
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It's been done, in a different way! 
We had a second aircon installed in an adjacent room and they fitted the drain pipe with a T to the existing pipe for the other unit, so all would drain into the below tile main drain on the balcony.
That evening the 'other' unit started to leak all over the bedroom floor.
The company came out after hours as it seemed a problem associated with the way they hooked up the plumbing that day. The boys brought no machine with them.
They cut the pvc pipe and one wrapped his lips around it and sucked with all his strength. Sure enough, he was immediately covered with green goo and algae.
The problem was just coincidental and with the 'other' unit, not the newly installed unit. Pete
We had a second aircon installed in an adjacent room and they fitted the drain pipe with a T to the existing pipe for the other unit, so all would drain into the below tile main drain on the balcony.That evening the 'other' unit started to leak all over the bedroom floor.
The company came out after hours as it seemed a problem associated with the way they hooked up the plumbing that day. The boys brought no machine with them.
They cut the pvc pipe and one wrapped his lips around it and sucked with all his strength. Sure enough, he was immediately covered with green goo and algae.
The problem was just coincidental and with the 'other' unit, not the newly installed unit. Pete
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Thanks Tony,
It was cleaned less than two months ago but it is an air conditioner that I use a lot more than some of the others. I will start cleaning it more often.
It was cleaned less than two months ago but it is an air conditioner that I use a lot more than some of the others. I will start cleaning it more often.
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The units we have recommend you clean the filters every two weeks.hhfarang wrote:Thanks Tony,
It was cleaned less than two months ago but it is an air conditioner that I use a lot more than some of the others. I will start cleaning it more often.
We started doing that and came to find we were cleaning already clean filters. The recommendation must be for rooms generating a lot of dust, baby powder etc., or for units on more than they're off. I think every 2 months is about right for normal use. Pete Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Source
Thanks Rob,They sell the little blowers in tesco and homepro. I got one from tesco i think it was 350baht they are with the electric drills.
I'll head to Tesco for one this week!
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They look like industrial hairdryers mine is blue in colour.
Its the volume you need not pressure those tyre inflators would not work as they dont give enough puff.
The ones in tesco work a treat not sure how long they will last but they are cheap.
I also have some cleaner that you can clean the coils of the air con with I am not sure if you can get it in Hua Hin ( i brought mine from Singapore) it turns out to be some sort of powerful causic fluid and it cleans the coils a treat. ( they get a black type of fungus growing on them).
Has anyone seen such a cleaner on their travels around HH.
Its the volume you need not pressure those tyre inflators would not work as they dont give enough puff.
The ones in tesco work a treat not sure how long they will last but they are cheap.
I also have some cleaner that you can clean the coils of the air con with I am not sure if you can get it in Hua Hin ( i brought mine from Singapore) it turns out to be some sort of powerful causic fluid and it cleans the coils a treat. ( they get a black type of fungus growing on them).
Has anyone seen such a cleaner on their travels around HH.
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There is a spray on cleaner called: "Mr. McKenic".
It is manufactured by Isochem in Singapore. Just spray it on the evaporator coils, and the normal condensation when the unit runs washes it off, and down the drain.
I have only ever bought it at home / trade shows in Thailand, and have not looked anywhere else for it.
It is manufactured by Isochem in Singapore. Just spray it on the evaporator coils, and the normal condensation when the unit runs washes it off, and down the drain.
I have only ever bought it at home / trade shows in Thailand, and have not looked anywhere else for it.
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