fridge freezer leaking water

[suzanneb]

hi please help ive got a fridge/freezer (fridge at top/ draw freezer at bottom) and recently noticed small pool water underneath left front side near door, i traced it and there is a collection of water which freezes thinly under the bottom draw, then overnight when fridge is not beein opened it seems to thaw and drip out the front. i defrosted to fridge last week and this was fine for a few days now it started again. ive checked my food and it is still all frozen....if i turn to fridge up higher it leaks a lot more....please help

[woofgang]

oooh I know this one. at the back of your fridge on the top of the condenser is a tray where the condensation from the fridge collects and evaporates. There is a tube that runs from the fridge into this tray and it gets blocked. Find the little hole in your fridge at the back towards the bottom and use a thin piece of bendy wire or similar to unblock it et voila...leaking over. Keep it unblocked and it won't happen again

[suzanneb]

thanks woofgang. will give it a go as soon as i get home !! cheers

[Clanad]

...And while you're at it, clean the evaporation tray to which woofgang refers since it'll be full of all sorts of unappetizing gunk!

[jomifl]

If you cannot get a bendy wire to go through far enough to unblock it, hold one end of a length of thin plastic tube against the drain hole and BLOW . DO NOT SUCK because the content of the drain pipe do(suck).

[beso]

I found the best thing to clear the drain is a straw from a straw broom.

BTW The evaporation tray is on top of the compressor. The condensor is embedded in the external walls of the fridge cabinet.

[nohorn]

Do all fridges have this tray? Do freezers have this tray? Thanks