Main Condensate Drain Into Vent In The Attic

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Main condensate drain into vent in the attic.

It appears that this condensate drain only drops into that vertical standpipe an inch or two and if there is still a decent opening around it to let air into the standing drain line then you got an air gap between the end of the condensate drain and the p trap below so it should. Cut the pipe and connect a reducer tee fitting. In the attic tap into a conveniently located vent pipe. This pipe can be interrupted at any point up to 4 feet from the vent shaft that generally exits your home from the roof or the side of the home.

Individual vents must rise above the overflow line of the topmost plumbing fixture in the house before you can tie it to the main vent stack. At these points you can cut and run secondary drain lines into the main shaft. Once everything s connected turn on the wet dry vac and let it run for about 3 minutes. The evaporator was located in the attic.

Use no hub fittings to connect a pvc fitting to cast iron or abs pipe. Remove the cap from the condensate drain line. This is a precaution that prevents the vent from. The vent opening should always rise above the trip level of the condensate overflow switch when it is in the primary drain line or pan or above the secondary aux overflow port on the primary drain pan.

This helps ensure that if a backup occurs that the water properly trips the switch instead of overflowing out of the vent. Meaning that the drain tube coming out of. It didn t specify where the main drain should go but it did say to shape the drain line so it would form a trap. That would include the main plumbing vent stack.