Ah, well what's happening with this, is that evidently some little drops are
freezing up on the tray, and over time, it builds up and evidently involves the
drain. It was frozen down into the drain, because I had to first thaw it all
out with hair-dryer, and then run something down in the drain all the way to
make sure that it was clear between freezer and fridge. The best thing would
probably be to unplug and totally defrost, but we don't have an extra to move
all our stuff too.
We have a small beer fridge, and a deep freez, but both are full.
I'm still watching it, and clearing the little drops as I go, and I think my
wife is fed-up with my keeping the freezer empty for this reason, so I'm about
to have to bit it, and put things back and just take it out every few days to
watch the progress.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Robinson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
No. This leak was in the refrigerator section right at the top. The drain
tube passed through there and out through the back wall to the outside.
This area was not ever supposed to be below freezing but the cold air leak
was freezing up the drain line.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
> Hmmm?
> You're talking about in the freezer right?
> I can tell you that there are two holes, maybe just one between the fridge
> and freezer. They share cold air up and down I guess.
> When the water does end up acumulating on the top shelf of my fridge, it
> freezes into a sheet of ice at the back.
> Glass shelves ya understand.
> The dryer fan by the drip-pan does work by the way, someone else had asked
> that.
> I found it when I took off the back panel to get the drip pan propperly
> seated.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Max Robinson
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
>
>
> Here's another possible solution from my experience. In an earlier
> fridge
> we owned some of the calking came out of the air circulating system. This
> allowed cold air right from the evaporator to blow on the drain hose.
> With
> each defrost cycle a little more ice would form in the hose and it
> accumulated faster than it melted during a defrost cycle. Eventually it
> would plug up. The solution was to apply a little duck tape over the
> crack
> that the cold air was coming out of. Check around for air leaks when the
> fan is running.
>
> Regards.
>
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>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
>
> >I don't think that is a problem just now. I poured warm water down the
> >drain once I got it unfrozen and the water which I found in thep an
> >afterwards was still a little warm, so it seems to be draining ok. Just
> >freezes up, evidently up between the drain in the freezer and the
> fridge.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Betsy Whitney
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
> >
> >
> > Aloha Matt,
> > Is it possible that there is some little kernel of something in the
> > drain line to the drip pan? Once something got into mine and I had to
> > clean the draining line to stop the problem so that the water could
> > travel properly.
> > Betsy
> > At 01:11 AM 10/6/2009, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >Yeah, we run into trouble when the kids spill drinks in the fridge,
> > >and so on, but the problem which lead me to check it was this
> > >freezing up in the back of my freezer where the drain is. Had to
> > >chip ice away and heat and thaw the drain with a hair-drier. My
> > >handy-man friend came over and showed me this trick originally,
> > >because we were having lots of water in the inside of our fridge
> > >part, under the freezer. He told me it might come back and here a
> > >few weeks later, it has. Will just be keeping an eye on it.
> > >
> > >Matt
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Max Robinson
> > >To:
> > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]
> > >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:16 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
> > >
> > >In every frost free refrigerator we have ever owned part of the
> > condenser
> > >was under the water collection tray. The heat causes the defrost water
> > to
> > >evaporate before the next defrost cycle. If everything is working
> right
> > >they never have to be emptied. When they start overflowing that's a
> sign
> > of
> > >trouble in the system.
> > >
> > >Regards.
> > >
> > >Max. K 4 O D S.
> > >
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> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Matt"
> > <<mailto:mattmullins%40suddenlink.net>[email protected]>
> > >To:
> > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]>
> > >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 6:57 PM
> > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Fridge drip-pan
> > >
> > > > Have you ever messed with these drip trays?
> > > > I had to go through and take apart the freezer's insides again
> today,
> > and
> > > > thaw the drain.
> > > > Planning to keep it pretty well empty for a day or two and watch it
> > this
> > > > time.
> > > > I was able to probe down in the drain and reach the other side this
> > time,
> > > > since I was doing the job myself, and I had more time.
> > > > I think it got fully thawed.
> > > > I found something new, it's a switch on the ice maker which kicks
> on
> > a
> > > > little fan which blows over the spot where the cubes are formed and
> > > > flipped out?
> > > > So that's on now, rather it makes any difference or not I don't
> know.
> > > > Of course, I had to empty the drip pan, and that's always
> > interesting.
> > > > It's got this little tab on the back of the pan which fits into a
> > slot
> > > > back up under the fridge... somewhere?
> > > > So after forever messing with it and trying to feel the hole for
> the
> > slot
> > > > with the rubbery plastic drip pan, I just pulled the whole fridge
> out
> > and
> > > > climbed behind it and started looking at pannels.
> > > > I was able to loosen enough screws and take them out to reach in
> and
> > feel
> > > > the back of the pan, and I found the slot it fit in.
> > > > Now, I hope the thing is in right!
> > > > Luckally no water dripped out under the fridge, but still, it's a
> > pain!
> > > > and quite easy to spill the pan on the way to the sink.
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > > >
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