Condensate traps for cooling coils: ensuring easy inspection and maintenance of these often-overlooked and commonly misunderstood devices. (Condensate Traps). From: Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning Engineering | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2001 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The condensate trap perhaps is the most overlooked item in the design and installation of fan coils and air handlers with cooling coils. Often, condensate traps are inadequately described in contract documents and, sometimes, are not described at all, which leaves important details to be determined by the installing contractor. It is the designer, however, who is in the best position to make these decisions because of his or her knowledge of the pressures in the air-distribution system.

There are widespread misconceptions about how condensate traps work and how to properly ...