For the life of me I don’t get why portable air conditioners get full of water so quickly.
Maybe they aren’t built for the Montreal humidity. Or maybe the two Danby ones we have are trash. The De’Longhi one we have has literally never needed to be drained, here and there it stops to manage its water levels, and then it’s back at it.
The De’Longhi one is definitely a better quality AC than the other two.
Still we needed more AC and we got this first Danby one before a second Danby one fell into our lap.
Little did we know how trash they were going to be.
At first everything worked as normal
We installed the AC, by blocking off the window and attaching the hose.
Then we turned it on and for a while it worked perfectly. I cannot remember when things changed, but inevitably it got worse. I’d turn on the AC and within 10 minutes it would be full of water. Now the drain is right next to the floor, so there aren’t that many containers that can be used to capture the water. For a long while it drained into a cookie sheet, which I’d dump into a bowl.
For the life of me I don’t get how this expensive ass machine is so useless in my city. It makes no sense that the Danby machines would be crippled so quickly. And yet this was my reality.
Keep in mind portable AC’s are heavy, it isn’t like just anything will hold them up.
The internet was pretty clear, lift up the AC and put a bowl/bucket down
After spilling water everywhere for the 10th time I realized I needed a better solution.
There was no way to survive the summer without AC and spilling water everywhere was a recipe for disaster. The room literally had a funky smell that needed to be dealt with over water and fabric. I had to open the window and run off a fan for a few days to deal with it.
Turns out there is not much that can be done. Danby is an inferior brand and the only path forward to making my life easier when it comes to draining was to get that AC a foot above the ground. You need to hoist the AC onto something sturdy and then use a container to catch the water.
Bonnie did this with a strong box for her one in the living room, for me it was off to the store to find something.
Bricks were the only thing I could find I could carry home
We went to Reno Depot for probably the first time in our relationship of 10 years.
After finding all the cement blocks and such, it became clear that two bricks would serve my purpose. I was able to carry the bricks, I have a new appreciation for how heavy brick work is, and they were tall enough to let me achieve my AC drainage goal.
I got home and slid the AC onto the bricks and the problem was solved with a homemade 12$ solution.
It feels weird that portable ACs are that bad with humidity, but maybe I just never understood the moisture expectations for air conditioning. Condensation must really be going down at the conditioning phase.
Anyhow two bricks saved the day and I wanted to share it with you.
Live Long and Prosper Everyone
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