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tinaw
Nov 13, 2009, 07:21 PM
Water accumulates insde the fridge. We remove the 2 drawers at the bottom and there is a lage amout of water, about 2 towels every few days. We can not see any leaking lines where the water would be coming from. Also have cleaned the bottom and back of the fridge. Thanks for any help.
unluckynut
Nov 15, 2009, 06:16 PM
We're doing this right now! What happens is the water in the freezer does not get defrosted all the way and if you take the bottom out of the freezer you will see a sheet of ice. You can run it through defrost a couple of times every once and a while, but it will happen again sooner or later. The defrosted shuts off before the ice thaws and it refreezes and the sheet gets bigger and bigger. The drain hole is plugged by the ice. The best way is the take it apart. It will happen again. We even tilted the frig back more to see if that helped , not really.once it starts draining you can pour hot water in the freezer vents holes in front of the freezer VERY SLOWLY.it helps defrosting it faster. This is a long going pain. Good luck!
unluckynut
Nov 15, 2009, 06:23 PM
We just took a hair dryer and used it in the frig on the back panel in side the frig, and water started coming out. We still keep putting through defrost.
ragedriven
Nov 16, 2009, 08:42 AM
Not necessarily right.
I fixed my refrigerator 2 months ago. It was collecting water underneath the fresh food bins. The self defrosting freezers collect condensate from the fridge too... and it all drains down from the freezer to the pan underneath the fridge for evaporation.
Your pan will likely be bone dry because the drain line is clogged. And all the water runs back into the fridge bottom.
In my case it was clogged with dirt and grime not ice. So defrosting it won't necessarily help it.
On my fridge the drainline from the freezer to the pan was right on the back with easy access. Detach it and unclog it, I found the most success in doing this with a wire coat hanger and a bicycle pump to blow air into it. Don't use compressed air as it might destroy the pipe