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Frozen Fridge Defrost Drain lee h 10-24-2007
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Posted by lee h on October 24, 2007, 5:41 pm
Kenmore two door top freezer/ bottom fridge. symptoms- water
was dripping from bottom compartment onto the floor. defrost
water had backed up and iced all over back of freezer
compartment. Ice had also formed in bottom of bottom
compartment. (the water had dripped down the inside back
wall). Fridge is about 4 years old.

After using a hair dryer and plastic tools to gently remove
all ice from both compartments, found that the drain line
from upper (freezer compartment) was plugged with
ice. Examining the pan at bottom of fridge where drain
line empties, showed dirt and dust. LIkely the drain had
not been working for a long time.

Need suggestions on how to clear the frozen drain line.
Access is available at top of line. Would like to minimize
amount of time the freezer is emptied so food will not
defrost. The drain line itself is inaccessible for most of
it's run. (It's between the inner and outer shell of the
fridge.

How to speed the 'defrosting' of this drain line segment
I cannot reach? thank you for your time.

lee h



Posted by professorpaul on October 24, 2007, 6:51 pm
I had this problem in a summer place that did not have a forced air
heating system with an air filter. Lint would clog the line. I
invested in a roll of fairly heavy stranded insulated wire at the
local hardware store. Then snaked this through on a regular basis --
every 6 months. Not the way I would want to solve the problem, but it
worked. If you are dealing with some frozen area that you can't get
to, then you are sort of stuck with a complete defrost until you can
"snake" it clean. PITA.


Posted by wingnut on October 26, 2007, 2:06 am
lee h wrote:
> Kenmore two door top freezer/ bottom fridge. symptoms- water
> was dripping from bottom compartment onto the floor. defrost
> water had backed up and iced all over back of freezer
> compartment. Ice had also formed in bottom of bottom
> compartment. (the water had dripped down the inside back
> wall). Fridge is about 4 years old.
>
> After using a hair dryer and plastic tools to gently remove
> all ice from both compartments, found that the drain line
> from upper (freezer compartment) was plugged with
> ice. Examining the pan at bottom of fridge where drain
> line empties, showed dirt and dust. LIkely the drain had
> not been working for a long time.
>
> Need suggestions on how to clear the frozen drain line.
> Access is available at top of line. Would like to minimize
> amount of time the freezer is emptied so food will not
> defrost. The drain line itself is inaccessible for most of
> it's run. (It's between the inner and outer shell of the
> fridge.
>
> How to speed the 'defrosting' of this drain line segment
> I cannot reach? thank you for your time.
>
> lee h
>
>
Hello, i would suggest a cooler and some ice. You can't rush the
defrosting.....it takes time.

What i think, (cant see it...WAG incomming), you are treating the
symptom and not the source of the problem.

My WAG is a problem in the defrost cycle. Call for repair.


Posted by Noozer on October 26, 2007, 3:59 am
>> Need suggestions on how to clear the frozen drain line.

I used a turkey baster and hot water.

> Hello, i would suggest a cooler and some ice. You can't rush the
> defrosting.....it takes time.
>
> What i think, (cant see it...WAG incomming), you are treating the symptom
> and not the source of the problem.
>
> My WAG is a problem in the defrost cycle. Call for repair.

Once you have it defrosted, wrap a heavy piece of wire around the defrost
wire and let it hang down into the drain hole. That way the hanging wire
will warm up during the defrost cycle.



Posted by wingnut on October 26, 2007, 8:13 pm
Noozer wrote:

>>>Need suggestions on how to clear the frozen drain line.
>
>
> I used a turkey baster and hot water.
>
>
>>Hello, i would suggest a cooler and some ice. You can't rush the
>>defrosting.....it takes time.
>>
>>What i think, (cant see it...WAG incomming), you are treating the symptom
>>and not the source of the problem.
>>
>>My WAG is a problem in the defrost cycle. Call for repair.
>
>
> Once you have it defrosted, wrap a heavy piece of wire around the defrost
> wire and let it hang down into the drain hole. That way the hanging wire
> will warm up during the defrost cycle.
>

Might be better to fix what's broken. Just the crazy way I think.





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