Adjustable drain pan

Abstract

A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a drain pan configured to receive liquid condensate from a heat exchanger, where the drain pan comprises. The drain pan includes a first member and a second member, where the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a first installed configuration to define a first size of the drain pan and the first size of the drain pan corresponds to a first heat exchanger size, and where the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a second installed configuration to define a second size of the drain pan and the second size of the drain pan corresponds to a second heat exchanger size.

1 . A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
 a drain pan configured to receive liquid condensate from a heat exchanger, wherein the drain pan comprises:
 a first member; and 
 a second member, 
   wherein the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a first installed configuration to define a first size of the drain pan and the first size of the drain pan corresponds to a first heat exchanger size, and wherein the second member is configured to removably couple to the first member in a second installed configuration to define a second size of the drain pan and the second size of the drain pan corresponds to a second heat exchanger size.   
     
     
         2 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein the first member comprises a first channel and the second member comprises a second channel, and the first channel and the second channel each are configured to capture and redirect the liquid condensate from the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         3 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein the drain pan defines an air flow path and is positioned relative to the heat exchanger such that the heat exchanger is configured to receive air flow through the air flow path. 
     
     
         4 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first member comprises one or more first locking holes;   the second member comprises one or more second locking holes;   a first set of the first locking holes and the second locking holes is configured to align in the first installed configuration; and   a second set of the first locking holes and the second locking holes is configured to align in the second installed configuration.   
     
     
         5 . The HVAC system of  claim 4 , comprising a connecting plate, wherein the connecting plate is configured to couple with the first member and the second member. 
     
     
         6 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein the first member is a single, continuous piece and the second member is a single, continuous piece. 
     
     
         7 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein the first member, the second member, or both comprise a drain port, wherein the drain port comprises:
 a first opening configured to expel the liquid condensate from the drain pan; and   a second opening configured to expel the liquid condensate from the drain pan, wherein the second opening is disposed above the first opening, relative to a direction of gravity.   
     
     
         8 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , and wherein the first member is configured to slide into the second member in the first installed configuration or the second installed configuration. 
     
     
         9 . The HVAC system of  claim 1 , wherein the first member comprises a first base and the second member comprises a second base, wherein the first base is positioned above the second base, relative to a direction of gravity, in the first installed configuration or the second installed configuration. 
     
     
         10 . A drain pan for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, wherein the drain pan comprises:
 a first member, wherein the first member comprises:
 a first base side comprising a first base side channel; 
 a first arm extending from the first base side in a first direction, the first arm comprising a first arm channel; and 
 a second arm extending from the first base side in the first direction, the second arm comprising a second arm channel; and 
   a second member, wherein the second member comprises:
 a second base side comprising a second base side channel; 
 a third arm extending from the second base side in a second direction, the third arm comprising a third arm channel; and 
 a fourth arm extending from the second base side in the second direction, the fourth arm comprising a fourth arm channel, 
   wherein the first member is configured to couple to the second member such that the first base side channel, the first arm channel, the second arm channel, the second base side channel, the second arm channel, and the third arm channel form a drain pan reservoir in more than one installed configurations with corresponding sizes of the drain pan reservoir.   
     
     
         11 . The drain pan of  claim 10 , wherein the first arm is configured to extend into the third arm and the second arm is configured to extend into the fourth arm. 
     
     
         12 . The drain pan of  claim 10 , wherein the first base side channel, the first arm channel, and the second arm channel are integral portions of a first channel and the second base side channel, the third arm channel, and the fourth arm channel are integral portions of a second channel, and the first channel and the second channel are each configured to capture condensate liquid. 
     
     
         13 . The drain pan of  claim 12 , wherein the first base side comprises a first support structure disposed within the first channel and the second base side comprises a second support structure disposed within the second channel, wherein the first support structure and the second support structure each are configured to support a component of the HVAC system above the drain pan, relative to a direction of gravity. 
     
     
         14 . The drain pan of  claim 13 , wherein the first support structure and the second support structure each comprise a concavity configured to receive the component of the HVAC system. 
     
     
         15 . The drain pan of  claim 10 , wherein:
 the first arm comprises a first exterior wall, wherein the first exterior wall comprises a first ledge; and   the third arm comprises a second exterior wall, wherein the second exterior wall is configured to interact with the first ledge in each of the more than one installed configurations.   
     
     
         16 . The drain pan of  claim 10 , wherein the first member, the second member, or both comprise an attachment extension configured to couple with a component of the HVAC system. 
     
     
         17 . The drain pan of  claim 10 , wherein a first configuration of the more than one installed configurations corresponds to a first HVAC system component and a second configuration of the more than one installed configurations corresponds to a second HVAC system component. 
     
     
         18 . A drain pan for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, wherein the drain pan comprises:
 a first member and a second member configured to:
 receive liquid condensate from a heat exchanger of the HVAC system; 
 removably couple together to define a reservoir configured to collect the liquid condensate; 
 removably couple to define an air flow path of the heat exchanger; and 
 adjust, via relative positioning of the first member and the second member in a coupled configuration, an area of the air flow path based on a size of the heat exchanger. 
   
     
     
         19 . The drain pan of  claim 18 , wherein the first member, the second member, or both comprise one or more locking holes, wherein a position of the one or more locking holes corresponds to the size of the heat exchanger. 
     
     
         20 . The drain pan of  claim 18 , wherein the first member and the second member are each configured to couple below the heat exchanger, relative to a direction of gravity.