BEST AC Drain Line Cleaning Tool | 92 % DON'T Know This

Thanks for the tip.

Another tip is to add a clear piece of tubing in the vertical section of the drain pipe. You can easily inspect the tubing visually to see if any water has pooled indicating a blockage.

The most important thing that was missing is make sure that you have a shut off valve on the garden hose. Cause if the drain is plugged, it’s probably going to blow the hose connector right off the pcv. Then by the time you come back in the house it’s flooded. You have to hold pressure with your hand cause it’s going to want to kick back. Guaranteed

I love videos like this simple and plain. Thanks.

Good idea, I had a clogged drain line downstream, probably under house, and the garden hose was the only thing to create enough pressure to clear the clog, lots of white slime came out at the end outside. A vacuum wouldn't work, and it was not possible to snake through multiple tight turns where the clog, plus it would be nightmare if the snake broke the pipe. So water hose is great idea. Just make sure there is no way for it to backup into the furnace. I installed a permanent ball valve, and then after that downstream a water hose connection, so now I just need to turn the valve (so water doesnt back up into the furnace) connect the hose and turn it on. No need for taking anything apart. That wouldn't solve a clog in the 2 feet of pipe from furnace to ball valve, so put a simple T connector there, since a brush could easily reach that area. Also big warning, I made a huge 4K mistake of poking too hard into the drain hole where it meets the furnace, not realizing how delicate the evaporator coil inside was. There are several 1/4" aluminum tubes near the drain hole, and there flimsy, so if you break one of those, your toast, cant be repaired at least safely, and they have to replace the entire evaporator coil. So just be careful about anything going into the furnace. I had no idea, treat it like glass.

My AC unit is in the garage (I live in Florida) right next to the utility sink. I do the same thing, but without the connector. Works great! I use a short piece of garden hose with a female end on one side to connect to the utility sink faucet, and no connector on the other end, just a cut off hose. The "trap" portion of the drain has an un-glued extension (like the one in your video). I pull out the extension and just stick the hose into the drain line, turn on the faucet and let it run for a few minutes while I change the filter. I do this every month, year 'round. My unit is a heat pump and is also my heat source (when I need heat) so it is in use year 'round.

Good and clear explanation of what to do. Thank you sir!!!

You can connect your hose to the water heater drain valve at the bottom of the water heater next to your AC, and run hot water through the pipes. This will allow you to hold onto the pipes and turn the water on or off fast.

Simple and easy. Many thanks!

Really good video. Nice and simple tip!

Main issue with this tip is most pipes have been glued together, and can't simply be pulled apart. If you feel comfortable you could buy the parts to recreate your existing glued pipes and then use this trick.

Outstanding Tip ! Worked perfectly for me!

It worked for me. Thank you so much!

That's a very common Florida condenser situation. That includes the snap-together PVC drain and the threaded water tank connections.

This was too freakin' easy. Thanks! In my case, the only access was a capped section of pipe that fed into a tee (one side AC, other side drainage). I didn't want to attach the hose adapter to this tee because it'd've meant I was pushing water into the AC unit too. Instead, I cut the tee out and replaced it with an unglued 90. This gave me undivided access to flush the drain line. And, man, was it satisfying to watch that stream of water flush out to the outside.

Excellent tips! 👍

Thanks for your help. Had some issues with my ac before

Thanks Brother....man, was a quick fix and saved me money!!!!

Just blow compressed air through the pipe, done. Drill small hole in pipe, blow air into pipe. When none, place a screw into the hole. Done...a can of air will work. The ones you use to dust keyboards etc...use whole can once per season. You can hear the air exiting into the condensation pump reservoir.

Bumboclaat, dis look easy but very effective. Give thanks mi G.