Something that has annoyed me for a long time is the heat pump condenser drain doesn’t function well. The tubing is too limp and crimps to easily causing the pump to just run until the reservoir is over full and then it leaks onto the floor. It doesn’t leak often or a lot, but potentially things are getting wet that I really don’t want.

I should take my own advice sometimes because I don’t always mind the little things. Part of the damage on the apartment I had to rebuild last year was a result of not paying attention to the warning signs. I have some rot on the shop siding as well, I need to get that handled before it turns into a bigger problem. I am planning to do that work in the fall because I don’t want to kill the flowers that are growing in the area that I need to access.

Getting back to my current issue, this is a seasonal problem. Also because this has never been a dry basement everything is pretty well placed to prevent water damage. However, my guard is down from the normal wet season and I am trying to wrap up the office project so the basement is not really water ready. The other mental trap is out of sight, out of mind.

My plan is to run the condenser line into the sump rather than outside the wall. That will prevent the pinching that occurs with the tubing between siding. I purchased the materials to do the work for less than $16. I ran the line in about 10 minutes. It will take me probably another 20 minutes to secure the tubing properly and this quick project will be done.

In theory, there is one drawback to this solution. If for some reason the sump pump fails, then there is a risk of overfilling the sump. But, I believe that the water output is minimal and I doubt that there will ever be enough volume to trigger the pump. So, I believe that the risk is very low.

End Your Programming Routine: It is often the case that the consequences of decisions (or lack there of) are not realized until sometime in the future. Experience teaches you that if something doesn’t look correct, it probably isn’t. You still may not have enough information to predict the outcome if the situation is not corrected. So it is best to deal with things when you can.