Hello all - we're having a weird experience with our 1950s-era home. We just had a new (high-efficiency) washing machine installed (it replaced a top-loader from the 1990s). The laundry room is on the main floor, in an extremely well-ventilated space, and the copper pipes just started condensing ("sweating") like crazy. From two loads of laundry (with the rinse cycle on cold obviously) the pipes have sweat so much that the water is literally dripping on the floor. And the condensation is distributed throughout the entire line of pipe - it's not localized in any stretch of pipe. This had never happened before - could it be a result of some feature of this new washing machine? Is the cold water drawn more slowly or constantly through the lines in a high efficiency machine? (The ambient temperature is not the problem - it's a constant 68 degrees in the house, including the laundry area). Any suggestions or insights would be great - especially since we've already spent about $3,000 on plumbing repairs and have only been in this house 18 months.
confusing, sudden pipe condensation
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You gotta ask where the moisture is coming FROM. Does the machine have a drying cycle, and if it does where does the machine vent to? The copper pipe just happens to be the coldest surface in that room - if you could put in a colder surface, it would condense on that instead.
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