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Two inches of ice sitting in the bottom of the freezer, some of it thaws, leaks onto the floor. the freezer freezes food very hard and i cant turn it down. whats my fridges problem?
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The ice on the freezer floor means the drain under the evaporator in the freezer is clogged and/or frozen.
Remove the rear panel in the freezer and defrost the drain, using a hair dryer. Run hot water through the drain to make sure it's open. A turkey baster might help. Pool the refrigerator out of the wall and make sure the other end of the drain is open as well. It is a good time to clean the condenser.
Wait about 24 hours after it's done and measure the temperature in both compartments. Post the results.
Gene.
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Glen, you nailed it.
somehow the little tin tray that catches the run off water got bent, instead of the water running through the down spout a good part of it was running down the side collecting at the bottom of the freezer.
The down spout that runs to the collection tray was clogged as well.
I dragged my little compressor in and blew everything out. I took your advice and gave it the turkey baster test. everything over the last 24hours seems to be in order.
I have the freezer on 1. the lowest setting and it seems to me like its too cold??? I don't have a thermometer to read the temp.
Thanks for the assistance, i'm sure you saved me the service call. :)
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You are welcome. I'm glad you were able to fix it.
Any ice cream in the freezer is a good temperature indicator. If it's not too hard or too soft, the temperature is fine.
Gene.
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I have the same issue. When you say the evaporator coil, where do I find it and also, where do I find the defroster? What is turkey baster? Thanks Originally Posted by: gorden  Glen, you nailed it.
somehow the little tin tray that catches the run off water got bent, instead of the water running through the down spout a good part of it was running down the side collecting at the bottom of the freezer.
The down spout that runs to the collection tray was clogged as well.
I dragged my little compressor in and blew everything out. I took your advice and gave it the turkey baster test. everything over the last 24hours seems to be in order.
I have the freezer on 1. the lowest setting and it seems to me like its too cold??? I don't have a thermometer to read the temp.
Thanks for the assistance, i'm sure you saved me the service call. :)
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