Greetings, I recently bought an older house, the central AC on it is almost 20 years old. I recognize that it will need a new one soon but I am trying to keep it limping along until my raise next year. After running the AC for about two weeks, I noticed that condensate from the condenser (located in the attic) has begun leaking water through on to my bed (it was a heck of an alarm clock). The previous owner had this issue last year and told me it was because the condensate pan was not level. He said it was re-leveled and continued to drain properly. I checked the pan and it's not perfectly level but when I put water through it, it all drains rather quickly. That said, there is not really any way to level it since he basically wedged it in there and filled everything with foam (this guy was a DIY'er with no respect for code/industry standards). After checking the pan in the condenser I discovered that the AC does not leak if the access panel is off. I have opened the panel right after leaks begin and there is no ice so the off-level parts are not freezing up as far as I can tell. When I put the panel back on it starts leaking almost within minutes. Is it possible the pressure within the unit is preventing the gravity-fed drain from working properly? It's not done correctly according to local code (no P-trap, no secondary drain in place either) but there is no way to put a P-trap in to see if this is the issue since all the ducting is immediately under the drain/condenser unit and there is no space. If I disconnect the drain and watch it, I can see as soon as I put the access panel back on the condenser, the drip slows down (almost in half). Would installing a pump to drain this help or would I need to decrease the pressure inside to allow it to drain better-or- is it just condensing too cold and this issue is really just the beginnings of a leak or the condenser coming to the end of it's life? Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi every one. I'm from Texas. My air conditioning start having problems a week ago. The ac guy came and said the the contactor and the capacitor need to be replaced, he also charged my system by 2lbs . After his repair, my fan wouldn't come on. I shut the system for 2 hrs and when he came to power the system, everything worked! He recommended to change out the fan if it happens again. The capacitor was reading 5, he said everything looks good. I bought a new fan and installed it myself. When I took the old one out, it was so hot, I couldn't even touch it for a second, it would burn instantly. So I got a new one installed. It worked but the problem was after the inside reached the designated temp, the fan outside wouldn't stop running. He came back and said the is no power going to control board, it needs a new board. I got a new control board and installed it. I still have the same issue with the fan. Btw, it turns out the new fan blown, so i put the old one back on. It's either won't start back up after running for couple of hours ( and it gets too hot ) or when it's running, I have to turn it off manually. I attached the green wire and red wire to make sure it's not the thermostat issue. What do you guys think? Thank you so much