[Shop-talk] Problem with refrigerator

[Karl Vacek]

I'd be willing to bet that the refrigerator's defrost drain hose is plugged
up.  They tend to grow bacterial slime which eventually plugs the line, so
when the defrost cycle produces water, it can't drain normally to the
evaporator pan on the very bottom of the refrigerator (below the freezer
drawer).

It's also possible that something got kinked during the move to cause the
same problem, but those drain lines do tend to plug over time, and it's very
possibly just a coincidence that it happened now.  The only thing I wonder
about is why it's only once a month - refrigerators usually defrost every
day or two, based on a timer.  Maybe yours defrosts based upon a sensor and
you're in a very dry climate ??

Karl


-----Original Message-----
John T. Blair
Subject: [Shop-talk] Problem with refrigerator


I have a GE vertical (refrig on top, freezer drawer on botom) model
PDS20SBRARSS refrig.  It's about 4 yrs old and has worked great since we
bought it.

Last year we moved it over about 2 feet, swapped it's position with a set of
cabinets.  Since then, it has started leaking water about once a month. When
I notice water on the floor in front of it, I open the freezer and see that
there is ice covering the bottom of the freezer compartment. Otherwise it is
working fine, the freezer area stays about 0 and the refrig area about 37
deg F.

I don't think it's a defrost problem, otherwise the 2 compartments would not
stay cold.

This unit does not have an ice maker. So no water is connected to the
refrig.

I think it might be a clogged drip tube, but I don't see a drip tube (or
hole)  when I look in the freezer.

Nor do I see a drip pan looking under the refrig from the front.

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA

John
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