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Originally Posted by red-beard
It can drip for sometime after it has stopped running. Condensate is normal and means the unit is dehumidifying the air. As far as a solution, get longer tube/hose and pipe the drip somewhere else, like a flower bed.
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Yes James your flower bed solution is a very cute one. I would have to get an extension to the existing condensate tube which has the outlet about 3 inches above the balcony membrane. I could run it into a low lying flower pot on the balcony.
Any attempt to reroute it into the condo plumbing system would be expensive. I don't know current code in Edmonton re what has to be done now.
After this unit has been installed for about 8 years now I am thinking that if this unit is properly serviced then it might reduce the condensate? It is strange that the downstairs tenant has complained for the first time in 8 years so the volume of condensate may have increased. Yesterday I started wiping the dust off the back of the outside element.
Perhaps I should take a vacuum cleaner and clean it better and it might make it more efficient and make less condensation?
Thanks all. I can see the condensate is starting to erode the stucco on the outside wall so I have to do something about it!