roof air conditioner condensation not draining properly

Started by justdon57, October 03, 2013, 06:03 PM

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justdon57

Noticed while we were camping the other night that water was dripping on the passenger side front of awning while a/c was running. I climbed up on the roof and there was a puddle formed on the corner near a build up of roof sealant. Is there a recommended way to drain the condensation from the roof a/c through a piece of tubing? does anyone else have this problem? thanks!

Stripe

Hmm, seems the PO know of this as evidenced by the built up sealant. As far as I know, gravity and a bit of roof pitch is the only way to mitigate this.
Fredric,
Captain of the Ground Ship "Aluminum Goose"
28' Holiday Rambler Imperial 28

pvoth1111

The condensate runs off the roof to wherever gravity takes it....when it doesn't run off then you have an issue...if I don't like where its running I adjust my hydraulics to make it run elsewhere....I have a 100k coach right next door....water runs off the roof....normal
We call our coach "Charlie Brown"

Oz

Funny you should mention using tubing.  The PO of one of my coaches did put a tube in the baseplate, ran in through the blank areas in the sub-roof and had it come out of the rear corner of the coach.  Only problem was, by the time I had gotten it, mold and gunk had built up in the tube so bad that it was completely clogged.  Otherwise, par for the other answers.  It drains to the lowest point.
1969 D22, 2 x 1974 D24 Indians, 1977 27' Itasca

justdon57

as far as I know I have no hydraulics in my rv to level it, I will be doing work on my roof and hopefully get it smoother to where at least the water doesn't build up in spots, I need to replace vents as well anyhow