Floor Drain Trap Primer Alternative

Crac units are scheduled with 0 latent load actual calculations show 0 1 mbh latent load.

Floor drain trap primer alternative.

When a trap primer fails sewer gas bugs and unpleasant odors can enter the building through the drain. Trap primers main disadvantage is maintenance. Inevitably they are installed off the bottom of the water line instead of being placed after a debris loop coming off the top of the water line check all the codes and. The trapease trap primer is the green alternative to common trap priming solutions.

The trapease utilizes the gray water from a sink tailpiece redirecting a portion of that water to the drain and trap needing priming distribution. Drain is in a computer room to collect crac unit condensate. Like many plumbing fixtures their supply orifices are. All trap primers fail choose the alternative water flows down bugs odors sewer gases stay out plumbing installations including a trap primer can be expensive to install initially and often require maintenance due to failure.

The most common trap primers are connected to a water line and activated via pressure fluctuation from a nearby urinal or water closet flush that maintains trap water levels. Other types divert gray water to the trap from nearby sink drains. However a suitable source of water is far enough away to be beyond the recommended distance of trap primers 50 feet.