Air conditioner discharge water saver system

A gravity-assisted sanitizing system for air conditioning condensate that collects it, treats it, and diverts it for constructive applications, said system comprising:

• a plurality of slow dissolving tablets each having a diameter dimension and consisting of releasable chemicals used for sanitizing water containing bacteria and algae;
• a chlorination chamber having a top opening, a hollow interior, a diameter slightly larger than said diameter dimension of said tablets, and a height dimension sufficient to house a vertical stack of said tablets that would permit operation of said system without maintenance for a minimum period of approximately three months;
• fluid entry means adapted for collecting and transporting air conditioning condensate into said hollow interior of said chlorination chamber, said fluid entry means having a P-trap configured for preventing any corrosive vapors from said tablets, when said tablets are placed within said chlorination chamber, from entering the air conditioning system from which the condensate is derived;
• removable cover means adapted for sealing said top opening in said chlorination chamber, protecting said hollow interior from intrusion of unwanted debris, and preventing any corrosive vapors from said tablets from escaping into the atmosphere surrounding said chlorination chamber;
• fluid exit means adapted for transporting air conditioning condensate from said chlorination chamber;
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• filtering means in close proximity to said fluid exit means and adapted to prevent large separated pieces from partially dissolved ones of said tablets from blocking flow of sanitized air conditioning condensate from said chlorination chamber whereby through use of said system previously discarded air conditioning condensate can be recovered and diverted for a useful purpose.

A method for recovering and sanitizing air conditioning condensate, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of slowly dissolving tablets each adapted for sanitizing of water containing bacteria and algae, a chamber adapted for housing a vertical stack of said tablets and a top opening, cover means adapted for sealing said top opening, fluid entry means adapted for collecting and transporting air conditioning condensate into said chamber, said fluid entry means being further adapted for preventing any corrosive vapors from said tablets from entering the air conditioning system from which the condensate was derived, fluid exit means adapted for transporting sanitized air conditioning condensate from said chamber;
• and filtering means in close proximity to said fluid exit means, said filtering means being adapted to prevent separated pieces of partially dissolved ones of said tablets from blocking flow of air conditioning condensate from said chlorination chamber;
• positioning said chamber in an up-right position;
• using said fluid entry means to place said chamber in fluid communication with the condensate discharge tubing of an air conditioning system;
• using said fluid exit means to place said chamber is fluid communication with a receiving system capable of collecting and diverting sanitized condensate for constructive use;
• inserting at least one of said tablets through said top opening in said chamber;
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• using said cover means to seal said top opening, whereby upon generation of air conditioning condensate, such condensate is collected, sanitized by contact with the bottommost one of said tablets, and diverted for a useful purpose instead of being discarded as a waste by-product.