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02-04-2016, 12:15 AM
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Roof ac water runs from top of roof
I'm a first time travel trailer owner and I noticed water running from the roof climbed up there… And it is coming from the bottom of the AC as it was running. Is this normal it wasn't gushing, just a small stream, is this something I should be worried about?
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02-04-2016, 04:13 AM
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That is perfectly normal and is simply the condensation running off. If the runoff is in a bad spot (e.g. right over the door) you might need to adjust your setup a bit to reroute it. With the WH I found that being slightly nose high ran the water off the back, vs. right over the door if we were level.
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02-04-2016, 05:58 AM
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Yep totally normal. I also setup with the nose just high enough that the water runs off the back.
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02-04-2016, 08:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthCo
Yep totally normal. I also setup with the nose just high enough that the water runs off the back.
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It also helps to keep water from the tub from trickling onto the floor during showers with our specific floorplan.
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02-05-2016, 05:54 AM
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Keep an eye on the area(s) where the a/c condensation drips on the roof. I fulltime and my a/c's run a lot since I spend summers on the Florida Gulf Coast. After 5 years of fulltime use my EPDB roof started to leak through the membrane. Obviously the membrane wasn't up to the condensation dripping on it this much. Or it was a bad membrane. Either way my advice is to keep your eyes on this area. I had cleaned and maintained this roof exactly per the manufacturers recommendations. Also, don't believe the 12 year roof warranty. It is a joke and not worth the ink it takes to print it on a warranty card.
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02-05-2016, 07:04 AM
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Totally normal. It's just the condensation, on really hot and humid days it can really flow.
As others said. It'll just drain down to the low point, if I can I'll try to make that the rear street side corner. So the wetness is away from where we are at.
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02-05-2016, 09:04 AM
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I will use a 1/4" rope to help divert the a/c run off away. Just use a clothes pin to hold it to the gutter and a small stake in the ground. Never fails that most of the run off is front drivers side corner.....
Part of that is I try to go ever so slightly nose down to help keep the shower water from run onto the floor.
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02-05-2016, 10:28 AM
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Ours drips off the front street-side corner when we're "perfectly" level. I've tried to go a little nose up to get it to go off the rear, but then it goes off the curb-side. When it drips off the front, it hits me when I'm accessing the pass-thru storage. But when I go nose-up, the shower doesn't drain all the way....
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02-05-2016, 06:04 PM
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Ac drip
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02-05-2016, 06:27 PM
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I wish I could run my AC!
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