Visiting my brother's home in NC. He has a heat pump. Air handler is in an unconditioned attic. It's hot and humid there.
During his recent yearly HVAC maintenance visit they found the air handler was soaked with water...water all over the inside and in the big pan under the unit. They supposedly confirmed the drainage pipe for condensation was working and the refrigerant levels were "fine".
So, my brother and it went up in the attic and I took a look. Inside the air handler the insulation is soaked with water and as the tech stated the pan was 1/4 filled with water. Water was dripping from the entire unit into the pan. I also noticed the coil had frost on 1/2 of the top.
Operation seems fine but the delta was a little low at 14 during the day when it was high 80's out and humid.
The tech stated that maybe the inside condensation pan was cracked and maybe that was why the unit was leaking water. So, they have scheduled to replace the inside pan.
Have any of you seen an "inside" pan crack on an 8-year-old air handler?
Also, would you expect to see frost in 1/2 of a coil with normal operation?
In your experience when an air handler is soaked with water, what is the usual cause?
Thanks
Steve
During his recent yearly HVAC maintenance visit they found the air handler was soaked with water...water all over the inside and in the big pan under the unit. They supposedly confirmed the drainage pipe for condensation was working and the refrigerant levels were "fine".
So, my brother and it went up in the attic and I took a look. Inside the air handler the insulation is soaked with water and as the tech stated the pan was 1/4 filled with water. Water was dripping from the entire unit into the pan. I also noticed the coil had frost on 1/2 of the top.
Operation seems fine but the delta was a little low at 14 during the day when it was high 80's out and humid.
The tech stated that maybe the inside condensation pan was cracked and maybe that was why the unit was leaking water. So, they have scheduled to replace the inside pan.
Have any of you seen an "inside" pan crack on an 8-year-old air handler?
Also, would you expect to see frost in 1/2 of a coil with normal operation?
In your experience when an air handler is soaked with water, what is the usual cause?
Thanks
Steve
source https://hvac-talk.com/vbb/threads/2241108-Whats-Wrong-With-My-Brothers-Heat-Pump-WATER-ALL-OVER!?goto=newpost
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