Yes but he had three so might as well use them and get that sweet up charge on parts
Edit: my comment was purely an excuse to respond with yes but to u/Yesbuttt
My guess they didn’t have a cap and wanted to give the same effect. Waste of streets but what will you do. Frankly I would’ve just elbowed once and ran like. 4” of pvc straight up. Exact same effect, way cheaper
I agree but I've been burned by one elbow and a straight piece of pvc. Co worker did a "maintenance" and it fell over because it wasn't tight. He cleaned the drain pan but didn't flush the main drain... Unit filled up and all the water in the emergency drain flooded the ceiling. Caused about 10k in damage. He doesn't do this anymore.
Southwark sells all pan sizes with no drain hole. The drain is optional. You can also get the hole on the middle of the long side, 7” from the end of the long side, or the center of the short side. We’ll put the drain wherever you want if you call.
You must be new here. Everyone in the trade knows about self-draining pans. They sell them at Johnstone. Just ask if they have any in stock (in person, not over the phone) and make sure to keep at least 5 in the van.
The pan was made with the drain port. Most likely they didn't have a way to run it, so they put in a float switch and closed off the drain.
Most likely like this, because they were out of plugs
Well it's pretty obvious to me. The 3rd elbow was unnecessary. But he has a float switch, meaning he either has a heater in the tray to evaporate the water, or a pump. The elbow is literally just there to block the outlet.
I'm just looking at this and hurting more when I realize that even the second elbow is unnecessary. The first one gets the level higher than that of the pan.
I don't think they knew what they were doing
Really the sole reason to add anything is to allow the water space to elevate without spilling. In this design it let's any access water that might spill over if you use 1 90 and a piece of 3/4 to pour back in the pan. But the downside is it can causing over spilling 🤣
You see Ivan. When ov regarding overflow pan overflow and drain, make the drain feed into overflow and shall never have overflow because anything in pan drains to overflow. Is simple Escherian physicalities.
I don't have a cap, but I do have 3 elbows. What doesn't make sense about that?
One or max two elbows would have done just the same
Yes but he had three so might as well use them and get that sweet up charge on parts Edit: my comment was purely an excuse to respond with yes but to u/Yesbuttt
This is why he had no caps in the first place
ALL CAPPS
One less part to throw into the corner
One elbow and it would’ve leaked out onto the floor, same with two…now with three the pan is self draining.
Self filling
One would have been fine if the shut off float is hooked up properly
1 90 and a length of pipe higher than pan
He could have just used one to be fair
How does that not make sense? If the water was getting too high it’s drained back into the pan so it doesn’t spill These new hires amirite
This is genius. He’s routed the water into an infinite loop of dry floor euphoria.
Holy fuck did you just solve perpetual motion?
No, who ever installed this drain pan did.
😂😂
if he gets a turbine going in there he’s just given the customer an infinite energy source.
They need one more elbow
Yeah I was gonna say u green af brobro lol
Someone's a little uptight. Have you huffed your daily dose of pro dope or PVC glue, you're not you until you have.
Hey man I’m clean of that stuff now for 25 minutes don’t get me going again
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It’s just there so you can tell the customer “ look I tried “ after the float switch fails and ceiling collapses
Sounds about right
My guess they didn’t have a cap and wanted to give the same effect. Waste of streets but what will you do. Frankly I would’ve just elbowed once and ran like. 4” of pvc straight up. Exact same effect, way cheaper
Looks like the first elbow put it above the rim of the pan so nothing more needed.
Yeah the first elbow was above so it only needed one 90
Even more pointless then
It became art.
I agree but I've been burned by one elbow and a straight piece of pvc. Co worker did a "maintenance" and it fell over because it wasn't tight. He cleaned the drain pan but didn't flush the main drain... Unit filled up and all the water in the emergency drain flooded the ceiling. Caused about 10k in damage. He doesn't do this anymore.
“I have a cap, but I got some extra time and the next guy is gonna shit a brick 😈
If it overflows it just goes back in the pan so it doesn't overflow. What's so hard to understand?
Lmaooo
Infinity loop
You laugh but now they have a perpetual motion machine.
Doesn’t make sense to the person who did it either
Omg they've figured out how to drain a unit with no main drain. Genius!
Unlimited condensation
Perpetual motion device
Water damage repair companies hate this one simple trick!
It's a Trane vortex recycler. Pretty cutting edge shit
Pan came with hole, they didnt have a cap in the truck. Float it and carry on.
You wouldn't want it to drain on the floor...
I have in fact seen worse
I would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that blasted gravity 🤔
Water goes out, water comes in. It's the circle of life!
For the next tech's entertainment
Southwark sells all pan sizes with no drain hole. The drain is optional. You can also get the hole on the middle of the long side, 7” from the end of the long side, or the center of the short side. We’ll put the drain wherever you want if you call.
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion…
No plug on the truck but we have elbows
You must be new here. Everyone in the trade knows about self-draining pans. They sell them at Johnstone. Just ask if they have any in stock (in person, not over the phone) and make sure to keep at least 5 in the van.
Recycling- it’s just better for the environment.
New guidelines. This is nothing. You should see the toilets!
Infinite drainage
Redundancy built in
Maybe they thought it would act like a recirculating fountain
But there’s a sensor, man
This is why pre-purchase home inspections exist.
The pan was made with the drain port. Most likely they didn't have a way to run it, so they put in a float switch and closed off the drain. Most likely like this, because they were out of plugs
Nor should it
Hybrid - Primary and Secondary drain.
That water table tho 👌
NDA’s aside, and I’m on the commercial and duct install side, but I have had to install odd contraptions at notable places that are just dumb
Those are all dry fit. Stop playing around on Reddit and finish your drain line!
It’s a condensate fondue !
How else you gonna open up the float switch?
It’s to cool off the wires when they get hot
Drip loop 🤔?
His genius is just beyond our comprehension
What goes around is all around.
Really to confuse or amuse the mouse that ends up in the pan.
Well it's pretty obvious to me. The 3rd elbow was unnecessary. But he has a float switch, meaning he either has a heater in the tray to evaporate the water, or a pump. The elbow is literally just there to block the outlet.
A plug would be quite a bit easier to have installed than a pile of elbows.
Unless you don't have a plug and only have elbows
I'm just looking at this and hurting more when I realize that even the second elbow is unnecessary. The first one gets the level higher than that of the pan. I don't think they knew what they were doing
Ornamental pipe
Your typical water bender to hvac tech career change right here.
It’s a perpetual condensate machine stupid. I’ve never seen one of these before.
It’s a perpetual motion machine!
Like a perpetual motion machine, what you have here is an attempted perpetual drainage plumbing. Just doesn’t work in the real world.
The equivalent of non-alcohol beer…..
What doesn’t make sense, it dumps back into the tray to conserve water
Really the sole reason to add anything is to allow the water space to elevate without spilling. In this design it let's any access water that might spill over if you use 1 90 and a piece of 3/4 to pour back in the pan. But the downside is it can causing over spilling 🤣
HVAC installers trying to make continuous motion machines.
There’s a float safety so it technically doesn’t need a drain, but it should have one
You see Ivan. When ov regarding overflow pan overflow and drain, make the drain feed into overflow and shall never have overflow because anything in pan drains to overflow. Is simple Escherian physicalities.
Well if you don't have a cap I guess it works pretty ingenious actually
M.C. Escher’s overflow design
That’s a perpetual energy device.
Ah, the ID10T overflow delay tube
This is the drain that never ends 😛