Like a lot of homes in this region, my HVAC air handler is located inside the garage. We live in a part of the country where the heat pump is pretty much the only choice for central air conditioning. That’s because we deal with heat more than anything else. And by a very large measure. The heat pump just hardly has any work to do during the winter. the heat pump does all its work from March through about the first few weeks of November when it comes to HVAC cooling. However, it is the 4 months of summer that are the times when heat pump is running practically day and night. That’s a lot of HVAC cooling. Yet there is no way to manage those 4 months of high heat and humidity without the aid of central air conditioning. And when the air conditioner is running that much, there are things to pay attention to. In particular, it’s important to pay attention to the HVAC condensate level. Condensate is liquid moisture produced by the process of HVAC cooling. It is a perfectly natural result of air conditioning. However, a homeowner is wise to keep an eye on the condensate levels. The HVAC unit has a condensate drain line that runs to the exterior of most homes. And that’s what normally drains the condensate. It works just as designed and there is no problem most of the time. However, that condensate line to get backed up or clogged which doesn’t allow the condensate to drain and can end up overflowing the drain pan under the HVAC air handler. During my spring house prep for the upcoming summer heat, I take a shopvac and pull out all the debris from the condensate drain line outside. It’s just a good idea to keep an eye on this small but important central air conditioning detail.