re: A/C drip pan full. Bleach down PVC drain pipe?

I had the same issue. If you have compressor, blow out the line. That is what I did And it worked great.

Same thing happened to me. AC guy came out, blew the line out, drained my pan and recharged my freon which was low. He advised that if I keep having issues to get on roof with hose pipe and find vent pipe. I found the vent snd could see standing water. Put the hose in with jet nozzle and cleared it out. Haven't had issue since

You have an air compressor?

They make treatment chemical to leave in the drain pan.
Using a shop vac on the drain line end works really well

Go to Lowe's or Home Depot. Get a set of accessory nozzles for your shop vac. Choose the one that looks like a cone. Go outside when the unit is not running and shove the cone into your condensate line. Turn on shop vac and suck out the sludgy snotty looking stuff clogging your line. Do this once a month or once every two months.

Saw the same thing occuring to my primary drain line yesterday. The vent tee was overfilling and dripping into the pan. Had a plumber come buy and blow the line out with nitrogen.

Would your pan drain if the AC was off? If not, I don't know how much the bleach will help...

It's very sad, yet telling, that all these OT posers reference just one single AC unit.

However there is some good advice that will work on any one of my three home units. Further I had to recently clean the line on my 10k window unit in my shop so the principle is sound there as well.

I'm sorry for sounds like a total beta but where is the drain line outside?

With all due respect, Mr. Dickhead, I told him to try to fix it himself and hope he doesn't have to get a company out there to fix it. Maybe it wasn't included in that exact post, but it was in my next.

Also, like another poster said, you should try to stay away from bleach, as in the long run, it'll do more damage. What I meant by getting an A/C company out there was if the home remedies didn't work.

I also noted that it happens a lot with all the humidity we have and if he has a clogged or partially clogged drain line.

So, without any respect to you, go eat a dick. I know what I'm talking about. It's assholes like you that will have him pouring bleach in his unit that will cause more problems over time. Instead, he should try vinegar, or go to the store and get something meant to unclog lines.

With all due respect

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However there is some good advice that will work on any one of my three home units.

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Subtle.

Except that you reference doing the work yourself. Was your live-in maintenance man busy...fricking your wife?