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My refrigerator is leaking water
inside the fridge:
Most times this is a plugged defrost drain
system. The defrost heater in the freezer section melts the frost and changes it to water,
this water is suppose to flow down a drain system. If this drain system is restricted or
plugged the water will leak inside the refrigerator. The drain system starts in the
freezer section with a tray built under the evaporator coil. The water is funneled through
a small hose into a cup in the top middle of the
fresh food section ( not on all models, but this is the most common way ), from there, the
water is directed out the back wall to a drain hose
that runs down the back of the refrigerator into a condensing tray. The heat created under
the fridge makes the water evaporate and disappear. Some of the cups ( in the top back of the fresh food section ) can
be removed for cleaning. A turkey baster can be used to help clean out the drain system.
Fill the baster with hot water and "blast" it into the drain hose to help flush
it out. A piece of wire or pipe cleaner can also be pushed into the drain hoses to help
clean then out. On a S x S style of fridge the drain system is in the bottom back of the
freezer section and often you will have to remove the evaporator cover to access the
drain
hole. You can clean this out in the same manner
as previously mentioned, but because of the water leaking into the freezer instead of the
fresh food section you will have to remove the ice build up to clean out the drain system.
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