How to Keep Condensation Lines From Freezing This Winter
Learning how to keep condensation lines from freezing is one of those things you don't think about until your furnace quits working at 2:00 AM on the coldest night of the year. It's a massive headache. If you have a high-efficiency furnace or a heat pump, your system produces water—quite a bit of it, actually—as a byproduct of the heating process. This water needs to go somewhere, and it usually travels through a small PVC pipe to the outside. When the temperature drops below 32 degrees, that little trickle of water can quickly turn into a solid block of ice, backing up the system and triggering a safety switch that kills your heat. ...