Recommened to anyone with an AC system with condensate drain

[Tom King]

Install one of these in place of any condensate drain trap you have.  

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BMUFSGI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[drzaius]

Good idea. The drains can fill and clog with slime.

[legenddc]

I have one of those and I think I've pushed the brush through a couple of times in our 10 years of being here. Maybe we're just lucky but it's always seemed clean. 

[Tom King]

I put one of these in them when I remember to.  Hopefully around the end of June.  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077QKXPVC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I have one that I always get a call around the end of June that it's stopped working.  I know what the problem is.  I keep a small ShopVac in that attic, and put a handtightened union in the drain line past the trap.  I take the union apart, and suck whatever is blocking the trap out.  Then I suck all the water out of the drain pan. Put the union back together, and take the top off that ShopVac so the water can evaporate by the next time I need to do it.

I put one of these traps on that one, and a pack of the strips.  Hopefully I'll get better at remembering to put one in beginning of Summers.

Around here, it's not if, but when one will block.

[sjeff70]

Wish I would've seen this a few months ago. Would have saved me a service call. I was looking for something like this but couldn't find anything on the internet. Google has really gotten bad. 

Thanks for posting Tom. I'll use this in my new house. 

[gee-dub]

Another Green Gobbler strip user here.  Inexpensive preventative maintenance.