I have a clogged drain in my side-by-side freezer. Water collects on the bottom of the compartment and freezes, then leaks onto the kitchen floor. I've removed the back panel of the freezer compartment and carefully lifted the coil assembly out of the way to clear the drain hole. First i use a pipe cleaner-not long enough. Then a 10" x 3/3" spring that use for cleaning the coffee pot - still not long enough. finally i used a wire coat hanger. it's long enough, but bottoms out on the drain hole and has not cleared the clog. I still have water standing in the bottom of the coil housing.

How can I clean this drain? I can't see the drian path from the back of the unit due to the sheet metal shroud that contains the assembly. Where does this drain to, the main catch pan at the very bottom housing? And what happens to the water (condensate) once it get to wherever it goes?

I need some help.

Thanks in advance,
Denis

How can I clean this drain?
I would remove the rear cover so you can see the pan.
It may be plugged with dust and crud at the pan.
You could try a compressor if you have one.
Blowing into a straw or piece of tubing sometimes works, problem is trying to get a decent seal at the drain.
Sometimes a turkey baster and some warm water works.

Once you get it clear, wipe out the drip pan as best you can.
Also flush it with about a cup of 10% bleach solution to kill the crud in the tubing, just be careful to not overflow the drip tray.

I can't see the drian path from the back of the unit due to the sheet metal shroud that contains the assembly. Where does this drain to, the main catch pan at the very bottom housing?
If you remove the rear lower cover you should be able to see the compressor and the drain pan Item 22 in Section 12. Sometimes you can see it if you remove the front kick plate.

And what happens to the water (condensate) once it get to wherever it goes?
It just evaporates

It's not a problem with the drain it's the icemaker it overflows water into the ice bin & the ice won't cut into pieces maybe because it's putting out to much water in the ice tray but why?

I would remove the icemaker, thaw out the filler tube going to it if necessary and see if water dribbles out of it, if so=bad filler valve. If not=bad/jamed icemaker.

Thanks to all. The drain is clear and working like a charm. No ice buld up after 36 hours. Now and I understand where the pan is located and how this system works. I actually did have to break the initial clog with the coat hanger, but was able to blow out the rest of the crud with the turkey baster. Great tip!

I should have mentioned that i has defrosted the freezer before hand, so there was nothing frozen in the drain. just crud and standing water. If i have to defrost in the future I'll remember the steam genie.

One last question? I noticed that there is a ton of dust and crud on the black coils that sit under the fridge. Is there a simple way to access these to vacuume/clean them without turning the whole fridge on it's side and removing the galvanized metal tray that sits beneath the coils?