Ice/ water freezing under deli drawer, GE profile, bottom freezer
Model Number: PFSS6PKXCSS
Brand: Brand
Age: 1-5 years
We have been getting water under the deli drawer that freezes for approx 1year. We continually remove it but would like to fix the problem finally! Everything else works great. Thank you in advance or your help!
could this be causing fridge leak?
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Originally Posted by
Jeffc
After defrosting the whole thing several times, I became convinced that the reason the drain line from the refrigerator defrost pan (under the coils and behind the plastic cover at the back of the fridge) gets "clogged" or, more accurately, frozen, is because the drain line runs INSIDE the insulation at the back of the fridge and very close to the freezer. So, it freezes! My solution was to carefully cut open the metal on the back of the unit, cut the drain line, and install a new drain line that runs on the OUTSIDE of the insulation and drains into the drain pan at the bottom of the fridge. I cut out enough of the insulation so the bottom of the drain pan is exposed to warm air. Since I did this, I have not had any problems. My fridge is at the end of my cabinets, so I can look behind the fridge without moving it and I actually put a plastic bottle behind the fridge and I can put the new drain line into it and I get maybe a pint of water in the bottle every month or so, so I know that the thing is draining correctly. This sounds complicated but it was really very easy and it beat having to replace the whole fridge just because of bad design. You can cut the metal back with a utility knife and the insulation is soft, dig it out with a spoon (really). This may not be a fix for every fridge with this problem but it's worth a shot before you replace etc whole unit.
anyone know if this could be what is causing an occasional, fairly minor leak?Once or twice a week for about a month or so now we have found water in the grout on our kitchen floor, near the fridge. Determined it is not the dishwasher. Did find the ice accumulation under the deli drawer, and thinking it could be leaking when fridge goes through it's defrost cycle (for the coils I guess?). The fixes I've seen mentioned in this forum seem pretty time consuming, hoping someone can confirm this could be the cause before we take these steps. Any chance just clearing out the accumulated ice (under the drawer) regularly would avoid the leak? We've turned off the water line to the fridge for now since we thought maybe it was a water line that was leaking (plumber thought this unlikely though, we asked when he was here to fix something else). Will probably have to wait another week to see if leak happens even with water line turned off. I miss my filtered water!