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Sandie McWilliams Posted on Sep 22, 2018
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In the freezer department which is on the bottom of the fridge it would appear that water is forming on the base of the freezer and then turns to as sheet of ice. Any ideas as to what the problem is.

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There is a drain hole and tube that goes from the upper center of your freezer, down the back of your freezer to a pan on unit floor. This drain will freeze up occasionally and send the water to your freezer floor, where the water freezes. Unplug your unit, pull out your unit from the wall, remove the rear cover plate / cardboard, you will see the drain and pan at bottom of unit. Now you need to find a way to remove ice in tube. You may only be able to go from bottom up. Try warm water from top if possible. Try a cloths hanger type rod to break the ice from the bottom. The final suggestion is to thaw out the freezer. I hope this helps you. Good Luck Friend.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 16, 2007

SOURCE: fridge bottom has water under vegetable drawers

Make sure the door is closing properly, that nothing is trapped in the door seal, and that the seal isn't torn or distorted. The seals are there to stop moist external air getting in then dropping its load of moisture as it cools. A.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 25, 2008

SOURCE: layer of ice forming on bottom inside of freezer - Samsung fridge freezer

might have the temperature too high .. buy a freezer thermometer and place in freezer

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Ron Coons

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  • Posted on Mar 20, 2008

SOURCE: Excessive Frost and Ice Build up in Freezer

sounds like you have a clogged defrost drain tube. removing back panel of freezer will give you acess to drain trough, melt away the ice with a hair dryer, youll find a drain hole under there somwhere,pouring boiling water down the drain will clear it pretty quickly( i use a steam machine purchased from the infomercials works awesome, after you clear it and all water drain down tube wrap a piece of solid copper wirearound the heater( black calrod heater right above the drain trough) and stick it in the whole maybe an inch or so. now everythime the heater comes on to defrost it will prevent the hole from freezing over

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 28, 2008

SOURCE: FF200EP Fridge Freezer - water

I had the same problem, the fridge would leak overnight (usually) I found with some more searching the answer..... try it at you own risk!
Here are 2 detailed answers depending on your circumstances/technical ability....Turn off fridge....
1. Defrost fridge...catch all the water
or
2. Work quickly....
Remove drawers, at the back of the fridge there is a panel with 5 phillips screws (note that there are long and short screws). Remove the screws and the panel. (if you chose the second option then this will be "frozen in place" so you will get crunching noise when you peel it away - so be careful when removing it). At the top of the panel is a connector that powers the fan, squeeze the 2 sides in to remove. This will allow the panel/ducting to be removed from the fridge. (If you chose option 2 you will now probably see a large lump of ice over the drain hole).
Remove ice or debris from drain hole, re-asssmble not forgetting to connect the fan again!!!) then repower the fridge following the instructions as you will get the alarms... the fridge cools and the warning lights dissapear.......24 hours on mine is OK!
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 03, 2009

SOURCE: leaking fridge

my maytag had cloged defrost drain cleaned drain all ok

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