Seeking a drip pan for the side AC - used or new

[wbmiller3]

Thanks ShrimpBurrito, something like that is a possible option. Basically I've coated the inside of the pan with caulk in the cracked areas which kinda works like that.

The way the AC is mounted in the trailer is pretty poor - it just has an aluminum strap over it to hold it in place plus interference fit in the inner edge of the cabinet - so it bounces around when traveling and that tends to break the pan (the corners are where it broke). So any coating I use would have to be resilient and/or flexible. It also can't increase the "wall thickness" of the pan, or the AC won't fit in it.

As Larryjb says it's extremely tight in there - I frankly lucked out when I bought this AC kind of in the blind - most won't fit.

I am sort of putting together a list of options - I had such a list, but none of them worked. If I can find a physically smaller AC unit - and it looks like they do exist, although I may have to go down from the 10K BTU unit I have to an 8k BTU unit - I can probably fit it in with the drip pan I made. The trailer came with an 8K BTU unit so we could live with that. I still need to do a lot of comparison shopping on that option.

Again, thanks for all the great ideas.

[wrenchami]

My suggestion is to remove the pan, clean it, JB Weld the cracked areas and then give it a coat of Liquid Flex Seal. That stuff is tough and flexible and will last years. Yeah, it's from the guy who made a rowboat out of it and yells at you over your TV.

[Larryjb]

JB weld is great for repairs that don't flex. However, it is brittle and would likely crack out. If the tray is already cracked, I can't help but wonder how many stress fractures are about to open up. Sorry for the pessimistic view.

What about a rubber mat that is an inch or 2 wider and longer than the enclosure? I'm just trying to think outside the box now.

[ShrimpBurrito]

Bill (wbmiller),

Saw your recent post still wanting a drip tray on another thread. I seem to recall someone -- I think harveyrv -- several years ago chronicle his installation of a replacement side A/C unit, and I seem to recall he basically built a "drip pan" by reinforcing the cabinet shelf itself with fiberglass, and then just running the condensate out the grille mounted on the TM wall. He reported it worked quite well, as I recall. And he also did some air flow modifications to make the AC far more efficient.

Here it is:
https://www.trailmanorowners.com/for...ead.php?t=7477

He had posted a bunch of pics, which were great, but it seems the forum software lost them.....

Dave

[wbmiller3]

Yeah, i remember that post. I view that idea with horror, just having water run around in the cabinets.