2007-07-16 15:21:38 · 10 answers · asked by Drewdown 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I also want to add that my air conditioner is a brand new portable I just purchased from Home Depot...it is very clean and the water actually drains into a plastic drawer that I empty every morning...about a 1/2 gallon for every 8 hours. Everytime I empty it...it looks very clean and I am very thirsty when I wake up usually. Maybe the condenser or frion do something to it...anyone???
2007-07-16 15:47:11 · update #1
No you should not drink condensate. The evaporator coils are not food grade. There are probably parts in there that have high levels of lead and other heavy metals. The fluxes from the brazing of the connections are not safe to ingest either.
The drain pan itself may also have a product like Microban in the plastic to help retard microbial growth. You don't want to drink water that has contacted plastic containing Microban.
2007-07-16 18:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by mike b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES....
That water is condensation when the warm, filthy air inside your home is drawn into the AC and contacts the cold, dirty condenser. It then is collected in a shallow, mold-crusted pan inside your AC before draining into an open, bug and critter accessible, pipe which runs outside.
You would be an idiot to drink something like that.
Have a beer instead...
2007-07-16 15:33:44 · answer #2 · answered by Okie 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is a trick question. water does not drip from a condenser, it drips from the evaporator. Much of this water is the moisture from your breath and sweat, if you don't mind this plus the other factors that are noted before, bottoms up!
2007-07-16 18:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by OrakTheBold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it is definitely not clean water, and has run over a dirty condenser, and down thru the drip pan which could have mold spores growing in them..it is just condensation that is dripping from the coils but not a source for ingestion
2007-07-16 15:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by Marsh 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably not but I wouldn't risk it. It is condensation, moisture from the air. So if there were any bugs, or they used a lead solder on the interal parts, it could be contaminated. You could use it to water plants.
2007-07-16 15:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Kahless 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ever hear of legionnaire's disease? That is a bacteria living in the condensate water. Don't drink it. Those people died.
2007-07-16 16:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by John himself 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is condensed water that came out of the air. I guess if the air is clean, that would be.... Kind of a strange question.
2007-07-16 15:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by mel s 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It will have some metal contamination and dirt. Perhaps some paint and lubrication materials.
2007-07-16 15:27:51 · answer #8 · answered by Gaspode 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hear it tastes like rainbows!
2007-07-16 15:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No..it is pure water...
2007-07-16 15:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋