Uss-8-64 --- pan stays full of water

Well, just as the title states, the pan underneath the machine stays full of water.  The drain tube runs down from inside the cabinet into the pan.  

The pan is overflowing with water.

Is there anything I can do?  The pan shouldn't be this full, right?

[johnieG]

sounds to me like you got quite a lot of condensation going on there! door gasket sealing tight? running the machine without a full load? or are you just "peaking in" alot? '>
the pan normally has to be emptied more often in humid weather too, I've had to empty mine once every two days lately, if it's inside you can run a dehumidifier also to dry up the air.

I didn't think it ever had to be emptied.   I thought that the heat from the compressor was supposed to evaporate the water from the pan.  

Oh well, if this amount of water is normal for not emptying it in a week, then I guess I'll come up with something.  

The machine will be sitting in my garage, so I could just extend the hose to drain outside.  I really don't want to have to pull the thing away from the wall every 2 days to empty the pan.

Anyone else?  Comments?  Suggestions?

never had my pan fill up with any water at all...don't know what to tell you on this one.

[Pat Pixley]

I have used a big butter dish  for a drain pan  it holds a little more and it make's it easy to dump and the drain pan  that came with that machine  stay  clean and looks good when I sell it.

Pat. P.

johnieG is right! Look for gasket leakage, a hole in the cabinet, or someone looking in a lot.

Moisture quickly migrates to the dry air inside the box, quicker than "ambient" outside air around the box. Remember the old days when mom or dad would say "Close the door, your letting all the A/C out!". Well, what was really happening was the moisture was being sucked up by the cool dry air in the house, more than the heated air coming in.

Make sure all the door gaskets are good, and there are air no air leakage points. As a final suggestion, at the condensate drain, put a "P-trap". The trap will fill with water, sealing off moisture laden ambient air from coming in the condensate drain tube. Don't worry, it will drain.

I do know my Cavalier chest box dumps a lot of water, but it is outside, and the gaskets are all bad. I am in the procedd of restoring now, and should see a major reduction in condensate.

Mark