AC drip hose attachment???

lykopis33
lykopis33 Member Posts: 19
in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
I am wondering if anyone else has added a hose to get the condensation away from the tire...we had to use a dog bowl to catch the drips this weekend (way hot and humid here in Louisiana) and it would fill in a couple of hours.  Was worried about the tire because of the muddy slop it was creating on uneven ground.  Searched the other posts and couldn't find anything on this.  Just wondering what size hose I might need to run it away from the underneath of the camper.

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  • ChanW
    ChanW Member Posts: 3,165
    No kidding!

    And I thought we had muggy up here... It might be good to save it for your ironing, distilled water and all...
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  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    My recollection is it's 1/2" diameter clear plastic tubing.  It runs from the A/C drip pan located at the front of the unit, down the wall between the shower and cabin, then exits out the floor.  You should be able to see it by removing the passenger seat cushion and wood panel and looking at the open space in the shower wall at the bottom (see yellow arrow).
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  • lykopis33
    lykopis33 Member Posts: 19
    thanks...what size hose then would I be able to connect to that to flow away from camper?  3/4"? and clamp it?

  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Can't you measure yours lykopis33 - now that you know where it is?
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    edited July 2016
    Because the water is not under any pressure, one solution is to put a funnel under the drain hose and attach a new hose to the funnel (any size) to carry the water away.  A little Redneck, but what the heck.

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  • Fatman1966
    Fatman1966 Member Posts: 149
    OutbackAZ said:
    Because the water is not under any pressure, one solution is to put a funnel under the drain hose and attach a new hose to the funnel (any size) to carry the water away.  A little Redneck, but what the heck.

    Sometimes "a little refneck fix" works best! Ha!
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Was McGiever a Redneck?
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    PXLated said:
    Was McGiever a Redneck?
    Probably. MacGyver wasn't!
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  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Picky picky picky...
    I'm blaming it on the auto correct :-)
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Just mess'in with ya. I had to Google the correct spelling on an email earlier today.  
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  • ericnliz
    ericnliz Member Posts: 4,437
    Outback AZ, ;) I think MacGyver IS a relative of PXL's. By the way thanks for the duct tape idea, had to use some this week!
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  • Ratkity
    Ratkity Member Posts: 3,770
    My AC drip hose is black and has a fairly small inner diameter. I'd hesitate to insert anything inside the hose because gravity seems the same there as it is everywhere else (i.e no back pressure) and that drip is slow. I like the funnel idea, but how to support it for easy off and on might be problematic for some of us whose underside is different as PV has upgraded how they have enclosed things. I was thinking a house plastic gutter diverter would work (I also have a concrete one at home - not helpful for campers! lol). You know, the one that looks like a slide with edges. Just nothing to attach is a plus. A minus is that it's larger than the funnel idea.
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  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,035
    The plastic gutter idea would be perfect!  Just direct it away from the tire.
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  • USWildflowers
    USWildflowers Member Posts: 177
    I just checked on mine, and the A/C drain hose slid nicely inside the female end of a 5/8" (or maybe it's 3/4"?) garden hose, so if you've got a 3' or 4' section of old hose laying around, that would be easy to store and might do the trick for you.


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