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MikeyG · 05-25-2020, 06:04 PM

While washing and waxing the coach this weekend, I saw a trace of water just in front of the DS tire. Only a few drips were coming out and I traced it to a PVC elbow poking through a hole at the front top left of the wheel well. When I reached my hand up to it it was loose like it was attached to a flexible hose or maybe taped to something with electrical tape, but I was able to move it freely.
Is this a drain for the front AC roof unit? Its in line with the end of the front DS gutter, but I thought that drain worked its way to the generator area. I had run the AC a few days before, but I also had just washed the coach, so either drain could still have water in it.
If in fact it is a drain and is disconnected from the drain tube, will water draining on top of the wheel well cause any problems or will it just work its way out? I don't see any way to get above the wheel well metal pan to reattach the elbow to whatever it has disengaged from.
Sorry, the attached image is upside down. I was holding my phone the wrong way. Button to the right, button to the right.

Thanks in advance for the help.
Mike

tom chelbana · 05-25-2020, 07:33 PM

The drain for the AC and water on the roof are blue and have a black duck bills on the end. Should have drains both front and rear which will get plugged and need to blow comp. air from the bottom to clean out. On our LA we fount putting and screen above the drain hole stop the tube from getting plugged up often.
Newmar Man

MikeyG · 05-25-2020, 09:55 PM

Yes, I have found the blue lines with the duck bills Tom. If that is roof drain AND AC condensate, then what is this PVC drain for? The refer is way back at mid coach, so that's not it. I'm at a loss for this drain.
I'll try Spencer at Newmar in the morning.

JC2 · 05-26-2020, 08:42 AM

Dash air? We have a similar stubby tube under the front of our Dutch Aire where condensation drips from the dash air when used.

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Originally Posted by MikeyG

Yes, I have found the blue lines with the duck bills Tom. If that is roof drain AND AC condensate, then what is this PVC drain for? The refer is way back at mid coach, so that's not it. I'm at a loss for this drain.
I'll try Spencer at Newmar in the morning.

MikeyG · 05-26-2020, 09:41 AM

I thought that too, but I get the condensation from the dash air in the front of the coach by the generator.

Dutch Star Don · 05-26-2020, 10:36 AM

I believe they're A/C drains. The roof drains to the four corners (blue tubes) but I believe the A/C units have their own drain, rather than dribble on the roof and then run to a corner. I have similar drains mid coach.

MikeyG · 05-26-2020, 01:42 PM

Spencer just emailed me back. He's confirming with the service techs, but he said there is a drain pan below the drivers side operable window to collect water from the window and the elbow is attached to that drain pan. That would make sense as I had washed the coach a couple days before. I'm still not sure that if that elbow is disconnected from the pan is there anything that would get damaged from any water weeping from that pan?
Thanks for the responses guys.

Dutch Star Don · 05-26-2020, 01:57 PM

On mine, I have black hoses along the door on the pass thru bay.....A/C drains. I've never seen the window drain.

MikeyG · 05-26-2020, 02:51 PM

Yes, I have those too Don.
This one is way up in the front left corner of the driver's side wheel well. If you were to turn the wheels to the right and stick your head in there, you would see it. You may just see about a 1" hole with the PVC peaking down from the hole. The PVC would be black as it looks like it was installed before the frame was painted. I would have never seen it if it wasn't dripping. Now, I just need to see if I can get to the connection above the pan and reseal the PVC to whatever it was attached to.

Ken C · 05-26-2020, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeyG

Yes, I have those too Don.
This one is way up in the front left corner of the driver's side wheel well. If you were to turn the wheels to the right and stick your head in there, you would see it. You may just see about a 1" hole with the PVC peaking down from the hole. The PVC would be black as it looks like it was installed before the frame was painted. I would have never seen it if it wasn't dripping. Now, I just need to see if I can get to the connection above the pan and reseal the PVC to whatever it was attached to.

I have not looked closely at ours but I have seen water draining in the area of the front left tire due to rain and washing the coach. Although I never confirmed it, I pretty much knew that it had to be the drain for the power window cavity.

RandDescape · 05-27-2020, 07:50 AM

There are also shallow drain pans on the corners of some of the slideouts. I know my kitchen slide and FWS (electric/Ventana) both have these drain lines.

The kitchen front corner exits in the PS front wheel well similar on FWS drivers steer wheel well. There are black drain tubes in the bays on both sides for the rear corners.

- Richard