how much water( condesation) should an AC produce

guys for the past 8 to 10 months.. my heating system / AC has put out tons of water.. during the winter its close to a gallon or more a day and right now, during the summer its more then that.. I thought that I may have caused the problem by not venting my dryer to the outside.. but after two weeks, I am still getting a ton of water every day.. when I first moved here years ago, the drain area, just would fill so high, and it seemed as though it was just draining out through the floor.. inside this drain area..

but ever since we got that 7 inches of rain a year ago, it just doesn’t seem to drain.. and trust me drought or not, it seems like my water table is very high.. the corn all around me is doing great..

there is a “crawl space” that I have left open. a big almost stand in space. I closed that yesterday.. I suppose that I have been trying to dry out the “outdoors”.. but gees. I am getting a ton of condensation water.. and its frustrating.. and some what embarrassing. I am pumping water all the time..

i would guess about a gallon per day right now, but i’m no HVAC expert.

Seal off the great outdoors and run it into a 5 gal pail to measure it.

Do you have a house humidifier hooked up to your furnace? If you do, turn it off.

Been on a couple of leaky pipe calls in the last couple of weeks where the condensate drain has taken down the ceilings. They call me thinking broken water lines. Nope. Clogged condensation lines.

A/C will only pull water when the humidity is high enough, not uncommon for the newer sealed homes to quit or reduce the amount of water as the A/C removes it from the house.

This usually takes a few days to do though.
And more with a lot of traffic or leakage in the house.

But ya, in this weather I’d expect to see a pretty good amount coming out in most cases.

Al

if your not venting your dryer to the outside you’re adding humidity to your house. if you do a lot of laundry or your clothes are real wet when you put them in the dryer that would certainly add a lot to the condensation. there is no right or wrong amount though, it just is what it is

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guys for the past 8 to 10 months.. my heating system / AC has put out tons of water.. during the winter its close to a gallon or more a day and right now, during the summer its more then that..

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So what kind of heating/AC system do you have? If you’re putting out condensation in the winter, I’m thinking it must be a reverse cycle unit?

Then what do you mean by “it doesn’t seem to drain? Is there a drip pan that fills up?

Not sure what kind of a system we’re talking about here, so I can’t give specifics. If there are drain hoses that are supposed to carry water out of a pan and down the drain, those hoses can get algea buildup and clog.

There is no “right” amount, although obviously in high humidity the unit will produce more condensation.

Grouse

Could be a condensing furnace, most in the 90% range will kick out water.
Not connection to A/C water though.
Al

My air conditioner will fill this pail today before 5pm. If I leave the air on over night it will be overflowing by morning.

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My air conditioner will fill this pail today before 5pm. If I leave the air on over night it will be overflowing by morning.

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Hard to give numbers as there are to many varibles.
Amount of humidity in and outside of house, temps, traffic in and out of the house, etc.

That doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable amount of water though.

Al

I have “2” 30 pint dehumidifiers going in my basement, non-stop right now and they are putting out about 3 gallons each per day…

The only water that should come out of an AC is water from the humidity in the air of your home. I just had this conversation with my AC guy because mine was putting out just a tiny bit of water. I have a small house and run a dehumidifier whenever the heat is off. I would definitely properly vent that dryer to the outside. too much humidity can make mold issues worse.