A condensate line rises before reaching the receptor and water remains in the pan. What should be corrected?
Correct Answer
C) Repipe the condensate drain with proper trap and continuous fall
Condensate drains need proper trapping and continuous fall so water drains instead of standing in the pan.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Condensate drains need proper trapping and continuous fall so water drains instead of standing in the pan.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: The MEP foreman should increase fan speed
In mechanical and plumbing, Increase fan speed is the wrong selection for Condensate drain correction: the option does not produce the required Condensate drain correction outcome, Repipe the condensate drain with proper trap and continuous fall.
Option B: The MEP foreman should drill the pan
The trap in B is Drill the pan. That selection is wrong because it points to Drill the pan, but.
Option D: The MEP foreman should ignore it until balancing
Choice D (Ignore it until balancing) is rejected because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Condensate drain correction.
Memory Technique
Use the phrase "problem, control, result" for condensate drain correction; the result side is Repipe the condensate drain with proper trap and continuous fall.
Reference Hint
Open Mechanical and Electrical Systems for Construction Managers, 4th Ed., 2024; use by topic index - M/P fallback to confirm that Condensate drains need proper trapping and continuous fall so water drains instead of standing in the pan.
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