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Air Conditioner Leak Repost with more info - Lee Davis - 06-16-2006 08:29 For those whose reaction is just to use air to blow out the hose, you will see I tried something similar and need other ideas. Someone else mentionesd that the "cups" might be deteriorating. Anyone have any experience with that? or other ideas? Thanks Previoujs message with more info: I just purchased a 1995 - 37 ft BMC. My rear air conditioner leaks water through one of the top curbside cabinets next to the Bedroom TV. Bluebird told me it is supposed to come out the red tubing which exits down by the back wheels. (the front air does that through the red tubing behind the front wheel). I tried to blow out the tubing with water pressure from the bottom using a leaf nozzle and did get water to come out the top of the bus, but a lot of it went back through the cabinet. (bad idea, I should have used air pressure but thought it may have been dirt daubers and needed moisture to dislodge the obstruction if there was one). A later test of the reaar Air Conditioner got a lot of water through the cabinet and only a tiny bit down the tubing. Since that didn't work, Bluebird says the red tubing in the back must have become disconnected in some way and they say I need to take off the plastic grate on the inside, remove the ceiling panel, and then carefully cut a hone in the 4x8 sheet of plywood behind that ceiling panel (with a circular saw set not to protrude through the plywood and cut any wires, etc). Then find the end of the tubing and reconnect it. That sounds like a bad way to go in my opinion. Because a very small amount of water does come through the tubing, I thought perhaps the cups they have installed around the air conditioner to divert the water to the tubing may have become disturbed in some way. I thought I might need to take the air conditioner off the top to fix that and that may be a better way to go then the inside program. Has anyone ever had a problem like this and if so, what is the best way to try to fix it. Thanks in advance for any help Air Conditioner Leak Repost with more info - Curt Sprenger - 06-16-2006 10:48 Lee, Is draining the condensation through that tube something Bluebird added or is that the way the AC unit was designed from the manufacturer? The top covers are usually easy to remove. Remove the cover and do some checking on top first. If that does not help, I'd remove the AC unit and check some more. Cutting that hole scares me. Good luck Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif. Lee Davis wrote: > For those whose reaction is just to use air to blow out the hose, you > will see I tried something similar and need other ideas. Someone else > mentionesd that the "cups" might be deteriorating. 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(I had a similar drain on an Airstrem trailer and it worked fine unless it got stopped up and I'd then blow it out. this is obviously some other problem). I agree that cutting the hole doesn't sound like a good idea. I haven't taken the cover off yet. I don't have the fancy ladder and aluminum walkways you Wanderlodge guys have so it's not quite so easy. That's my next plan. A guy on the BMC forum had a problem where a cup deteriorated causing the same problem so he siliconed it and now all the water from the Air Conditioner comes down the outside. I'm not done with this. It gets hot back in the bedroom in 95 degree weather! Thnaks, Lee Davis 95 BMC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger > > Lee, > Is draining the condensation through that tube something Bluebird added > or is that the way the AC unit was designed from the manufacturer? The > top covers are usually easy to remove. Remove the cover and do some > checking on top first. > > If that does not help, I'd remove the AC unit and check some more. > Cutting that hole scares me. > > Good luck > > Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif. > > Lee Davis wrote: > > > For those whose reaction is just to use air to blow out the hose, you > > will see I tried something similar and need other ideas. Someone else > > mentionesd that the "cups" might be deteriorating. 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