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ppembe62  
#1 Posted : Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:40:44 PM(UTC)
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Water is pooling under the crispers in my Kenmore. Back in 1st week of Jan, 09, I dismantled the freezer and cleaned out the bottom of the freezer, removed the back and bottom liners and cleaned out the drain tube. Since then the crispers have been dry. We have kept the freezer clean, so I am pretty sure that there is not any junk in the drain tube. I am getting condensation on the exterior strip between the fridge and freezer doors, but am not sure if that is a concern or not. Any ideas? Thank you.
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denman  
#2 Posted : Friday, March 6, 2009 4:12:44 AM(UTC)
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Cannot find any info on your unit using the given model numbers.

You could try checking the door gaskets. Take a dollar bill and put it between the gasket and the frame, then pull it out, should have some resistance when pulling it out.

Note the hinge side gaskets. Sometimes they can grab onto the units frame and not seal correctly. A thin coat of vaseline or white grease along this side will fix this.

Could be that the drain is again plugged.
Crud can grow in the drain. You cleared a plug so it drains better, now a section of where the crud is dries, falls off the tube's wall and causes a plug. Always a good idea if you can is to flush the tube with a 10% bleach solution and flush it. A turkey baster often works well.

Some units have an Econo (or something like that) switch, it turns off/on a heater built into the frame between the freezer and fridge. This heater prevents condensation, You may want to look for this switch, usually at the top, front of the fresh food section.
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#3 Posted : Friday, March 6, 2009 4:28:39 AM(UTC)
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denman - thanks for the response. I will check the gaskets - freezer only or both frig & freezer? Do you have any idea where I might get some diagrams of my unit? Thanks again.
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#4 Posted : Friday, March 6, 2009 5:08:43 AM(UTC)
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freezer only or both frig & freezer?
I would do both but the fridge would be the most likely.
The freezer one would give you frost on it's walls.

Do you have any idea where I might get some diagrams of my unit?
I could not find anything, even tried the Kenmore site (Mange My Home).
If this is a Canadian unit it makes it even harder if not impossible.
Take a look under the unit etc. often there is an envelope with at least the tech sheet/wiring diagram inside.

Hopefully someone else will jump in with a source.
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#5 Posted : Saturday, March 7, 2009 5:20:24 AM(UTC)
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Denman, I removed the back panel of the freezer and flushed the drain tube with hot water using a turkey baster, fished it out with a soft wire (I used a thick piece of solder wire as it was flexible and soft), and then blew compressed air through it. A lot of crud came out the back tube, including a couple chunks of junk.

Is it possible to remove the portion of the drain tube from the back side of the unit, that is shaped like a sideways "s" (the long drain tube is attached to this)?

Inside the fridge, I removed the control unit cover and found that the water was dripping from a little nub/hole just above it. Is this normal?

I will keep an eye on it and see if that has resolved the problem.

Is there any other reason water maybe leaking into the fridge though that small nub/hole above the control unit?

Thank you again for your help.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:54:35 AM(UTC)
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Sorry I have no info on this unit so cannot help much.

By the sound of it this unit drains directly out of the back of the freezer.
Some units drain into a funnel like device at the top back of the fresh food section and then down to the tray.

Could be that the hole you see is just an overflow and now that it is nice and clean the water should go down the drain and not into the fresh food
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#7 Posted : Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:48:44 AM(UTC)
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Denman - thanks for all of the help, it is much appreciated. Be good.
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