Wet Spot Under Carpet After Air Conditioner

At first we assumed our little boys spilled something.

Wet spot under carpet after air conditioner.

If the air outside is humid keep the windows closed and run a window air conditioner if one is in the room or turn on the central air to reduce the humidity. Two nights ago i noticed one small wet spot probably 3x3 inches or so on my carpet. While a drip or two is normal a puddle is not. You might think hotter is better because it will dry out everything faster.

Then last night it seemed like there were a few more spots. Keep it running as we work and for a minimum of eight hours after we leave. That water condenses inside the air conditioner unit where it is supposed to flow into a drain pan for disposal. This room is on a concrete slab.

Air conditioners remove large amounts of humidity from the air in your house as part of the process of cooling it. The temporary fix was to rip up the carpet knock a hole in the concrete slab repair the leaking pipe fill in the hole with quickcrete cement and restretch the carpet once it and the pad had dried. From here the water is channeled to the rear of the. Depending on these conditions and any changes in humidity that might occur using the air conditioner heater or alternating between them can accelerate the drying of a wet carpet.

In high humidity an air conditioner may not be able to evaporate the water fast enough and the overflow runs into the water collection tray. The humidity conditions in a room will determine the speed at which a wet carpet will dry. Within a week or so the damp spot progressed to a puddle 4 by 6 feet that a wet vac couldn t really keep up with. The system cools the cabin by pulling humidity from the air and that moisture needs a place to go.

Video of the day. The liquid then exits the car onto the pavement via the evaporator drain. But a higher temp will accelerate bacterial growth and turn your basement into a petri dish. Plug in fans and position them in.

Lay the carpet back on the floor and fire up the air movers and rental dehumidifier. This morning even worse. Technically speaking the a c s evaporator core condenses the humidity turns it into a liquid. Right at the entrance to a room the carpet has a wet spot.

When that doesn t happen properly the water may leak out the front of the unit and onto your carpet. Run the air conditioning for around 4 hours before we arrive to steam clean your carpet this will lower the room s relative humidity. I didn t think much of it i figured i had perhaps spilled water and not noticed. It is on the lower level of a split level house built in 1976.