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gtmoore  
#1 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 5:21:33 AM(UTC)
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I purchased this LG refrigerator (LTC22350WH) the first week of July and the installers appeared to have really screwed up. They did not balance the refrigerator and thus the doors when opened continued to open all the way out. They said this was fine and that the refrigerator could not be balanced. Well, about 10 days ago, I noticed some dripping from two holes toward the front of the refrigerator, not a lot. Then two days ago, there was a lot of leaking into the refrigerator compartment, so much that it filled the door tray completely with water. I believe what happened is that the water could not make it to the drainage tube in the back of the unit when it defrosted and instead had been going toward the front and leaking into the refrigerator compartment and forming sheets of ice underneath the floor of the freezer. I have since pulled the manual and balanced the refrigerator properly and it no longer leaks. My question is do I need to completely defrost the refrigerator by unplugging it for a couple hours to get rid of all the ice that formed as a result of being unbalanced? Also, do you think any damage has been caused to the unit as a result of the water leaking?

Thanks so much.
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magician59  
#2 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 5:47:34 AM(UTC)
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The ice has to be eliminated. If you can do that by unplugging the unit, do so. If you lose food during the extended defrost, bring it to the attention of the company that sent the joker who said nothing was wrong.
gtmoore  
#3 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 6:02:12 AM(UTC)
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The ice has to be eliminated. If you can do that by unplugging the unit, do so. If you lose food during the extended defrost, bring it to the attention of the company that sent the joker who said nothing was wrong.

Will the pan underneath the refrigerator be able to handle all of the water that will be draining from the melted ice that built up in the refrigerator during the manual defrost?
magician59  
#4 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 6:27:15 AM(UTC)
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If there's so much ice that you're afraid the drip pan will overflow, you can;
1. be handy with enough towels to soak it up
2. use a wet vac to suck it up
OR
3. open up the evaporator compartment and help it defrost by (VERY GENTLY) chipping some of the ice out. Keep tools away from the evaporator coil itself.
gtmoore  
#5 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 6:46:10 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: magician59 Go to Quoted Post
If there's so much ice that you're afraid the drip pan will overflow, you can;
1. be handy with enough towels to soak it up
2. use a wet vac to suck it up
OR
3. open up the evaporator compartment and help it defrost by (VERY GENTLY) chipping some of the ice out. Keep tools away from the evaporator coil itself.

Great, thank you so much for your help. Do you think its OK to use a hair dryer to speed the process?
magician59  
#6 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 7:20:19 AM(UTC)
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A hair dryer is fine. Just keep it moving.
gtmoore  
#7 Posted : Friday, September 2, 2011 8:50:28 AM(UTC)
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Thanks again!
scottthefixitguy  
#8 Posted : Saturday, April 8, 2017 10:19:25 PM(UTC)
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Here's a video on how to keep the drain hole from icing up:

https://youtu.be/x_PPdSF2Ze4
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