It catches all the condensation that forms inside of the unit.
No drip window ac.
I have attached some pictures to show the problem.
If the coils are not cold enough below the dew point the moisture will not condense out of the air.
Clean up all the water on the ac unit on the window ledge and on the floor of your room.
Unscrew or pull to unclip the base pan sometimes called a drip tray from the bottom of the unit.
In the installation instruction p 4 point 9.
If an air conditioner is not dripping it may not properly be doing its job of dehumidifying the room.
I have just bought an ac window unit the kenmore 70051 model 253 70051010.
If a c is leaking water from locations other than the back of the unit you may have another type of problem.
Also note that if the coils are too cold.
Most newer air conditioners will have a pan that you can pull out of the unit and empty which is called the evaporator drain pan.
If your unit does not have an evaporator drain pan proceed to step 4.
If there s no moisture in the air then there s nothing to condense out of the air.
They are drip free meaning that they use water only to cool their engines.
Alternatively replace the tray with a new one.
Check and be sure the ac is tightly sealed in the window.
It s necessary for proper condensed water utilization and drainage.
Unplug the window ac unit.
I would like to understand why there isn t any drainage hole on this unit.
Look for a pull out pan.
These units are also called no drip units because the water does not drip from the rear of the unit.
You are going to check a few things to be sure the ac unit is installed properly and there is no water drainage block present.
While you need to either manually empty an outside container of collected water or empty the unit s water collection tray with regular units an air conditioner with self evaporating technology reduces or eliminates this need.
There are two situations where an air conditioner would not generate condensate.
Scrub with a rag and water from the hose.