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I have a maytag portable air conditioner. It has a little black drain tube with a plug. It seems to have more water than the drain can handle and overflows what can I do
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Condensate water accumulates in the evaporator.There is a tube that drains the water out of the evaporator to the condenser side where the fan picks it up or an external drain. The tube is plugged. It needs to be cleaned out.
Most Portables have a small drain tube at the back lower portion of the unit, sometimes there tucked away, so just inspect the area towards the bottom and back of the unit and look for a little tube, sometimes there is a cap on the end that you simply pull off and drain the excess water out of the unit.
I called the service tech, before Maytag stopped supporting this unit. (built by Fedders with Maytag name). Fedders has gone out of business (7-09). The tech guy said that the tray gets clogged up with crud and the solution is to try to flush the tray out with water and compressed air. I had the problem of water leaking from the trays but not properly draining through the drain hose. This solution did the trick.
There is a little hole about one inch above the the drain tube and out of it should come a rubber strap connected to a plug for the drain tube. On the far left of the control panel is a diagram of a bucket under a water drop, just below is an led that comes on when the water tank is full and needs to be emptied. I just roll mine out on the porch and pull the plug. Also, when the tank is full the unit should shut off.
I have the Maytag version of this machine and the blinking triangle
light means the water tray is full. The machine won't operate until
that water has been drained -it's the little black tube with the plug
at the bottom behind the machine. Pull the plug, tip it down
(preferably with a shallow pan underneath to catch the water) and drain
as much as you can. Once you've done this, put the plug back in and it
should start.
I had the same problem and unscrewed and removed the back cover (AFTER I UNPLUGED THE UNIT) and noticed there is a small black tube that the drain tube connects to. Mine was broken off track and I had to physically remove the small black tube, put it back in it's place and super glued new tabs along the side so it would tilk back and drain the water in the bucket vs. the floor via the unit.
Hope this helps.
First, make sure the unit is level. If so, you have a blockage or kink in the drain tube. Careful inspection should reveal any blockage, & you may be able to poke it thru with a piece of coathanger wire. Don't use excessive force, any block should be easily freed.
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