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I have water standing inside the crispers, shelves and bottom of frig. water freezes on the bottom of frig. i was told the drain my be bloked in the freezer, but i can seem to find a drain hole. i have removed cover and clean out ice under cover. help, where is the drain i should be looking for.

  • plantationri Mar 06, 2009

    water dripping from freezer into refrig

  • Anonymous Apr 29, 2009

    i have same problem


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I beleive that your thermostat is faulty which is causing an excessive build up of ice.

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