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A condensate drain outlet for a room conditioner of the type which includes a sheet metal basepan having a horizontally extending bottom wall and a rear wall joined to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall in a perpendicular relationship. The rear wall has a substantially U-shaped opening formed therein. A one-piece molded plastic condensate drain insert for insertion into the U-shaped opening includes a mounting plate having a size configured to overly the U-shaped opening in the rear wall and having an opening extending therethrough. A tubular section, having an axial opening extending therethrough, extends from one side of the mounting plate. A U-shaped section extends by a distance greater than the thickness of the rear wall from the other side of the mounting plate. The U-shaped section has an open back, and an inner surface which is in fluid communication with the opening in the plate and the opening in the tubular section. The U-shaped section includes an outer surface which is configured to be received in a close tolerance fit with the U-shaped opening in the rear wall. The U-shaped section also includes a peripheral U-shaped retaining flange extending outwardly from the outer surface. The flange has a retaining surface formed thereon, which is spaced from the other side of the mounting plate by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the rear wall. Accordingly, installation of the drain insert is accomplished by inserting the U-shaped section into the U-shaped opening in the rear wall with the mounting plate in confronting relation and overlying the U-shaped opening. At the same time, the retaining surface of the retaining flange engages the other side of the rear wall.
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