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Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - archipirata - 05-21-2007

OK, this is making me crazy. My fridge has a small puddle in front of it about once a day at random times. Wipe it up and nothing for between 6 and 20 hours, then another puddle. Noting under the fridge, it is coming from somewhere in the front. usually about 1/4 to 1/2 of a cup of water. Fridge is 8 years old, Jenn Air. Ice maker stopped working a while back so I disconnected and removed it, so that's not it. It does have water in the door and a waterline near where the leak is but I have checked it and found no problems nor can I find any wet spots or drips when I check. It seems to do it only when no one is watching (evil thing) I noticed some ice buildup in the bottom of the freezer (it's a sise by side). I wonder if it has anything to do with defrost cycles? AAArrrggghhhh!


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - Filliam H. Muffman - 05-21-2007

I had a fridge that did something like that. The condensate drain/vent was plugged. My guess is the moisture from the frost free cycle is not draining.


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - davester - 05-21-2007

Samurai Appliance Repairman should be able to help you figure it out. Lots of info at his site:

http://fixitnow.com/


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - archipirata - 05-21-2007

Thanks guys, the Plugged Condensate Drain Tube issue seems like it. I'll have to do some more disassembly when I get home.


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - $tevie - 05-21-2007

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - OWC Jamie - 05-21-2007

It may be easier to just remove the doors and put it outside for three days to thaw out.

I wish I had done that when I disassembled mine only to find a wall of ice that took hours with a heat gun to melt and made a mess on the floor to clean up. Not like I had a spare fridge to use for a couple days, at the time.
Probably our (my) fault for shutting the door heater sweat circuit and defrost cycle off. :-)


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - davester - 05-21-2007

[quote billb]It may be easier to just remove the doors and put it outside for three days to thaw out.

I wish I had done that when I disassembled mine only to find a wall of ice that took hours with a heat gun to melt and made a mess on the floor to clean up. Not like I had a spare fridge to use for a couple days, at the time.
I think that's the right approach if it's sunny Just use your camping icechests to keep the food cold (and of course eat all the ice cream).


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - Racer X - 05-22-2007

and grill the steaks....


Re: Evil basitge intermittent fridge leak. Help! - modelamac - 05-22-2007

It IS a plugged defrost drain. I see this at least once a week during warm weather.

Most often it is caused by a pea, bean, meat package label, etc that has wandered out/off of the package and migrated to the drain. The water from the defrost process can't drain fast enough, and is still there to freeze when the cooling process resumes.

Some GE/Hotpoint medium-sized (and smaller) refrigs are notorious for doing this, and are a real b.... when it comes to getting that drain clear. The drain is buried in the back wall of the unit, with a 2 slight bends in the top end where it leaves the freezer. It is patience only that will allow you to thaw out that portion. It can take me 10-20 minutes sometimes to clear out that 3 inches or so.