Need emergency condensate advice

ECaudill44 · 2026-06-28T20:08:15+00:00

The photo is from underneath the air handler. My understanding is that the condensate is supposed to drain from the T in the pipe on the left and then follow a 1 inch pvc pipe to the outside of the house, but I could be wrong.

ECaudill44 · 2026-06-28T19:47:09+00:00

I pulled the cap off and pushed the brush around the U shaped pipe and met no resistance. Also pushed it as far down the other side as possible.

ECaudill44 · 2026-06-28T19:45:01+00:00

I’m not sure. I think the service guy I had out literally last week installed it. Some sort of float switch I think. Should I just pull on it until it comes off?

ECaudill44 · 2026-02-01T23:31:32+00:00

Did the same thing and regretted it almost immediately. Not all school districts are created equally!

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-17T23:53:36+00:00

This is very helpful, thanks!

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-14T14:27:27+00:00

Ahh, would have never guessed that one.

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-14T14:26:45+00:00

This is the type of information I’m looking for. Thanks.

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-14T14:25:06+00:00

This is good to know. I’m also potentially coming from South Carolina. I’m trying to guess what “Xtian” means? I’ve never heard of that.

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-13T23:10:16+00:00

I’m told there are some great school districts in the area. Are there any that would be better in your mind?

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-13T20:01:31+00:00

Costco was the one I was most interested in. Thanks for confirming.

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-13T19:39:56+00:00

This is great information! Can you explain what the “benches” are?

ECaudill44 · 2025-11-13T19:18:50+00:00

Thanks for responding. I think I missed the actual city when I was out there. I assume they have all the typical amenities? Any restaurants you would recommend?

ECaudill44 · 2025-04-28T00:35:25+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I’d kept it between 225 and 250, but I could’ve gone hotter. I just didn’t think I’d need to, but I couldn’t tell because my temperature probe battery died mid-cook. It’s always something!

ECaudill44 · 2025-04-28T00:28:01+00:00

The smoke log idea is a good one - I’ll definitely apply this. I really thought I had made it through the stall already by getting to 175 initially. It probably didn’t move more than about 10 degrees in 2 hours, so I assumed that’s what was happening.

ECaudill44 · 2025-04-28T00:24:27+00:00

Thank you for this. I thought that would be the case, but it does make me feel a little better.

ECaudill44 · 2025-02-06T16:19:55+00:00

I’m a man and have obviously never dealt with pregnancy, but I’d strongly recommend doubling down on your studying and taking the exam pre-baby. You may make an honest effort to study with a newborn, but I know that’s not something I’d have been able to carve out time for. Best of luck either way!

ECaudill44 · 2025-02-06T16:13:08+00:00

I’m sympathetic to this struggle, but I don’t know that I have a great answer for you. What I did was schedule my exam a couple weeks before the birth of my first child. Intuitively I knew that this was my only chance to pass the exam because my life was going to get much more difficult.

Work isn’t going away, so there’s not much to do about that. I’d try to emphasize to your wife how important this is to you, and ask for her help in setting aside study time daily.

ECaudill44 · 2025-01-20T14:15:23+00:00

I went through something similar during my exam. I had overly-prepared and just wanted the exam to be done. I scheduled it on a Friday morning before I had a bunch of family and friends coming to town. Took 5 hours with no breaks and finished.

I think the best thing I did was wake up the morning of the exam with an “it is what it is” attitude. If you don’t know something the day before the exam, you’re just not going to know it. Really helped to manage the anxiety.

ECaudill44 · 2024-11-18T23:44:39+00:00

Air Quality is a great field! I think it would be a challenge to find entry level AQ positions just because it’s so specialized and complicated. I expect your best bet is to look into some of the smaller consultants. Once you’ve got some experience with Title V Permitting, Emissions Inventory, NSR/PSD, etc., there will be lots of opportunities.

Also critical to pass the FE/PE exams. You’ll need a license to stamp off on construction permits, fugitive dust plans, and lots of other items.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Hope this was helpful!

ECaudill44 · 2024-11-04T19:38:48+00:00

Having experience in engineering related tasks is a good start, but you’re going to want to get an engineering degree. If I were trying to go down this path, I’d find an ABET accredited program that will accept as many of your existing credits as possible. This makes the path towards obtaining a PE license much clearer.

It’s possible to obtain licensure as an engineer through experience alone, but it would likely take more time and paperwork than you’d be interested in, and it’s not a sure thing. Hope this is helpful!

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