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Freezing Condensate Drain Lines

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David656

02-05-2007 19:00:44




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My backup heat is from my propane water heater... which has a 3/4" pvc condensate drain line to the outside of the house. In extremely cold weather, it freezes up causing a blockage. Any thoughts how I may be able to keep it from freezing. The easiest way would be to have a heating line of some sort inserted into the pipe.

Thanks for any thoughts you may have.

David




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dave guest

02-06-2007 16:13:43




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to David656, 02-05-2007 19:00:44  
Does this 3/4 pvc handle the CO1? If so you better keep it outta your house. Is carbon monoxide CO1? Don't look right. Anyhow you know what I mean.



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dave guest

02-06-2007 16:11:16




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to David656, 02-05-2007 19:00:44  
Does this 3/4 pvc handle the CO2? If so you better keep it outta your house.



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Dale in WV

02-06-2007 08:51:42




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to David656, 02-05-2007 19:00:44  
Condensate line on my unit froze the first winter. I straightened the line as best I could, hoping to encourage drainage, but my efforts were in vain. My gas furnace located in the basement, along with my laundry area. Fortunately, my unit was not a gravity fed drain to the outside, but into a small condensate pump with plastic tubing to evac the fluid. I put a Tee fitting on the tube and ran an alternate path to my laundry drain.. If one gets plugged by ice, there's always a backup path.. Just a thot.

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IH2444

02-05-2007 19:42:42




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to David656, 02-05-2007 19:00:44  
A short skinny heat tape pushed back in the end ?
Plugged into a GFCI receptacle of course.

I dunno, just a thought



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IH2444

02-05-2007 19:43:41




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to IH2444, 02-05-2007 19:42:42  
That is just the condensate line and not the exhaust , right ?



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led

02-05-2007 19:41:44




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 Re: Freezing Condensate Drain Lines in reply to David656, 02-05-2007 19:00:44  
David, had same problem only mine was from a 95% fuel efficent furnace. The drip was so slow that ice built from ground up. Hair dyrer on PVC to thaw, then use styrafoam to insulate outside of house. HTH

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