Condensate question

Brad White_148

So long ago, I did not remember until now about the blueberris, sorry.

I will have to hook up a Wayco Bypass myself someday and experiment....Use of such condensate just has to be worth a LEED (tm) Point....

Timco

A good friend of mine has lived next to this for 4 years now. It sometimes leaves more than this. What was the deal with condensate water? Was it acidic? Is this (outdoor drainage) permitted? It is right next to a nectarine tree. Also, could someone please post a link to the recent thread about custom made condensate treatment methods?

Thanks, Tim

Brad White_148

Does not seem

to have killed anything.. We had a thread going about 8 months ago about how it made blueberries thrive.

My biggest concern would be blockage by snow.

The pH is probably in the 3-4 range and it varies. Mine (yes... I test it...) is in the high 3's to 4.0 range, not unlike vinegar.

EDIT- after my home-made neutralizer, about 4 inches of marble chips in a drum trap, the outgoing PH is between 6.0 and 7.0. It varies, not sure why. Probably depends on retention time, how long it sits there. Condensate enters the bottom so that the top-most flow is the last out so it has been there the longest.

I do not know of any code against dumping condensate on the ground so long as it is not near a public walkway or any place where freezing condensate would pose a hazard. That is not to say it is welcome or that some jurisdictions frown upon the practice.

Wayco Wayne_2

Yes

It's good for azleas too. If it got cold enough the end could get blocked by ice. Then if the condensate pump was wired correctly it would shut down the appliance it was removing the water from. Then if the heat for the house depended on it, there would be a lot of trouble. I sometimes run an alternative path with 1/4 in vinyl tubing teed into the 3/8 in vinyl line in case of freeze up. I called it the Wayco bypass, but it didnt catch on. It does no harm to the outside that I know of though. Brad you may be remembering my post about my Dad's blueberry patch. After I installed a condensing furnace in his house and ran the condenstate outside into his blueberry patch it went wild. Loved the acidic soil and still gives him enourmous blueberrys. WW

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Dave_4

i'd guess good

the concrete will leach over time and give the soil a very high ph level - the condensate should help neutralize it - how do you spread it evenly around the soil just outside walls?

that's what i'd be wondering...

Timco

So you only neutralize if it is being put down a drain? To protect pipes?

Tim

Brad White_148

I would say so

definitely.

My condensate, after neutralizing, drops into PVC piping. This of course eventually connects to XH weight cast iron then out to the sewer. I would not want to rely on dilution just the same.

Timco

Friend said the past year / 2 the nectarine tree had more yellow leaves. High PH is the only byproduct of condensate water?

Thanks, Tim

Brad White_148

Minor traces

of metals found in gas, but very minor and fractional. Viessmann had some information on the composition I cannot put my finger on it right now. But it was nothing I was concerned about. Your car produces much worse.