Early Tuesday morning, while getting ready for work, I noticed cool air wasn’t coming out of my bathroom floor vent and the air flow was restricted. I didn’t have time to check it out. 13 hours later when I returned home, it was hot in the house, 87 degrees hot. There are two lines that that enter my basement from the outside unit. A small copper line and a larger line, but I can’t see it because it’s wrapped in pipe foam insulation. There was some ice built up around the larger pipe that feeds into the air handler, so I took the cover off the air handler . . . holy moly. I could barely see the air filter for all the ice.
There was no water standing in the pan and water was coming out of the drain. Just to make sure, I blew into the PVC pipe that acts as the drain. It wasn’t blocked. I went to the unit outside. It sits on a 10” built up concrete platform. No water draining off the platform and no ice buildup within the unit. no water in the pan. The fan was working well. So I’ll have to wait for the big thaw of the air handler.
There’s one thing that’s really bugging me. While there is no ice in the outdoor unit, there was a little ice built up around the larger pipe where it exits the house through the brick wall and connects to the unit outside Is that normal in this situation? Three hours after the unit was shut down, I went down stairs to have a look. You can see where the larger pipe is thawing out (I hope it’s not leaking) because it’s leaving a damp spots on the concrete basement floor. Despite being wrapped in foam insulation, would ice buildup under the insulation on the pipe as well? More important: Could there be ice buildup INSIDE the larger pipe.
Thanks so much.
There was no water standing in the pan and water was coming out of the drain. Just to make sure, I blew into the PVC pipe that acts as the drain. It wasn’t blocked. I went to the unit outside. It sits on a 10” built up concrete platform. No water draining off the platform and no ice buildup within the unit. no water in the pan. The fan was working well. So I’ll have to wait for the big thaw of the air handler.
There’s one thing that’s really bugging me. While there is no ice in the outdoor unit, there was a little ice built up around the larger pipe where it exits the house through the brick wall and connects to the unit outside Is that normal in this situation? Three hours after the unit was shut down, I went down stairs to have a look. You can see where the larger pipe is thawing out (I hope it’s not leaking) because it’s leaving a damp spots on the concrete basement floor. Despite being wrapped in foam insulation, would ice buildup under the insulation on the pipe as well? More important: Could there be ice buildup INSIDE the larger pipe.
Thanks so much.