The woman who asked is in Texas, where the humidity is very high. I
havn't been there, nor seen any picctures of the set up. She says
someone maintained dthe units a couple year ago and said they were
"just fine" but I don't know if he cleaned the coils or just give em
an wink and a nod. It could also be that the unit is slanted. Who
knows?
My sense is the water is fine, except for possible microbe buildup in
the pan. I suggested she could pour some diluted Clorox into the
evaporator, which would help hold down the microbes.
Myself being in NYS, I've also seen a lot of drippy window units. My
one unit, I finally drilled a hole in the floor pan, and run the
condensate out the bottom. I'm not convinced the slinger ring does a
lot of good. Well, it makes the condensor pick up more dust. A year or
two, I was coughing a lot in the living room. I took the window AC
out, and cleaned it thoroughly. And some clorox after the cleaning. My
coughing went away.
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Since it (condensate) is just distilled water with some household dust
(mainly shed skin) thrown in it should be just fine, assuming it isn't
growing any algae.
The bigger question is why is it dripping in the first place? Most
window
shakers have a slinger ring on the condenser fan that throws the
condensate
up on the condenser coil to give some evaporative cooling and help
drop the
head pressure. I am in Iowa and the only time one here drips is when
it is
really humid inside and the evaporator is producing more than the
slinger
and condenser can handle. That or there is something wrong like a
dirty
condenser coil will make it spit water out of the side louvers on the
chassis or it will drip if the window sill isn't level left to right
and the
unit is tipped away from the side with the fan. I have this problem
with a
1988 GE branded Trane unit. The fan is on the left and the overflow is
on
the right (looking at the front) and the window sill is lower on the
right
so the water just drips instead of being picked up if I don't put a
shim
under the unit.