Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine May 2021

HVACR NewsMagazine (May 2021 Corrected)

State National Chapter News

New Drip In 90+ Condensate

the drawing and directions to the builder to give to the plumber. Aaron’s drawing follows. He put it together quickly so we could include it in this issue of the NewsMagazine. If any of you are skilled draftsmen or with CAD, wish you would take on this project and let us send it out in a special mailing for the industry to use. Send it to tomhunt@arhvacr.org

Hot Springs OKs Discharging Into Sewer w/Caveats Been a tough year for 90+ furnace condensate in attics. Lunch & Learn dealt with the issue in the March & April issues with lots of “stuff” unclear. No, the code was clear but exactly how to solve it unclear. Code and manufacturer’s instructions say you can’t let it freeze. Slope, insulation, and heat tape are all important and discussed but the elephant in the room is, “Why can’t we put it in a plumbing vent stack?” Well, th is article is not designed to say why you can’t do that — and you can’t . Rather, it is designed to say that Hot Springs looked at the issue and designed a way to dump into the waste water and meet code. If you follow the rules, the first step in solving our 90+ condensate problem is solved. You may still have to use insulation and maybe heat tape; however you don’t have to run it outside the house and risk it freezing there. Monty Ledbetter, Utilities Director for Hot Springs, gave the OK and Aaron Shaw, inspector for Hot Springs, drew an acceptable method of ty ing into the home’s drain. While it may seem complicated to an HVAC installer, it is simple to plumbers and you should ask the plumber to do the work. In fact, this is plumbing and a licensed plumber is required. This will be easy on new construction and you should give