About 2-3 years ago the line clogged and I didn’t catch it for a while and we had some serious water damage. It just clogged again and I caught it pretty quick but it could have been bad.

Shop vac solves the immediate problem but I’d like a more permanent solution. Any ideas?

  • empireOfLove@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    “Gunk” is probably a combination of algae sludge plus any captured lint from the ventilation. Not much to do about the algae other than blast it with a disinfectant like bleach once in a while.

    How’s the incoming air filtration into the unit? Is it sealed reasonably well at the filter?

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      1 year ago

      Pretty good other than I could probably be a little more diligent with my filter changes. I do it monthly(ish)

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        1 year ago

        Ah yeah, then a little bleach when you do your monthly maintenance will probably help that drain out a lot.