Home a/c leaking?

[HunterDan]

So I'm hoping for maybe a little insight here, any help is appriciated!

Last week, I went down the basement and found a small puddle of water on the floor, maybe a 3' square area. It looked as if it had come from the bottom of my furnace. I cleaned it up, and turned the a/c on for the next 2 hours trying to find a leak, could not find anything. Ran the a/c as needed for the rest of the week, no issues.

This morning I go back into the basement and there is a serious puddle of water. I mopped it up, and was close to 3-4 gallons. I turned the a/c off, took the pump off the side off, and took the side panels off the furnace. The bottom one, where the circulating fan is, has a good big of water sitting in the bottom, and leaks out of the corner. Water seemed to be coming from above, so I took that panel off and looked up there. The condenser? (I think) appeared to have water dripping off of it. Which in turn was dripping down into the fan compartment, then put into my floor.

Am I pretty much screwed here? A/c seems to operate as it should, cools House to 72-73 which I keep it set at. Is the condenser sweating for some reason? This will be the third summer I have been in this house, and it had been great since I moved in. Original unit, it is about 13 years old.

Any help here?

 

[TractorJeff]

My terminology ***** this early in the morning.
The unit in the furnace is suppose to remove moisture from the air in the house.
There should be drain channels that catch the moisture and direct it to a drain hole in the furnace which should be connected to a drain system in the house.
Appears to me that you have something clogging the channels backing water up till it overflows, spilling down into the bottom of your furnace.
Does this make sense?

 

[3 Gun Shooter]

Check your drain, it is probably plugged up. After cleaning, there are treatment to pour in the drain monthly to keep **** from building up.

 

[Jinks]

Tractor Jeff has it right. Your a/c has a drip pan for condensate. That has a drain line which has become clogged. Probably mold. Find the end of the line & use your shop vac. to vacuum out the line. I have to do it twice a year here in the south.

 

[firebirdparts]

Bleach is what you want to use to kill the snot in your drain line.

That may or may not be the problem. You may just have a leak in the pan itself. Sometimes a pump is used to send condensate uphill to get out of the house, so that has to be maintained if you have one.