Water in bottom of refrigerator

[JiminMN]

I am getting standing water in the bottom of my fridge, I notice it is defrosting a lot more than ever before. Once I came home and water had actually leaked out of the bottom and onto the floor.

Now it seems I need to mop up the water on the bottom (under the crispers) every other day otherwise it accumulates too much. I do not see a drain pan or drain line anywhere that could be clogged.

My fridge is a model Whirlpool Top Mount, model # ET8CHMXKQ0. It is the type that defrosts down the back of the fridge.

Any help is appreciated.

Jim

[BonesandFeathers]

Sounds lke the defrost drain is blocked.
There are three common places where blockage occurs.At the drain, in the freezer. Iced over due to an obstruction. In the transition between the freezer/fridge/drain iced over from an obstruction. Ath the bottom back of the fridge where the defrost drain hose meets the defrost pan hose. The def/pan hose is undulated lke apiece of under sink plumbing (for most the same reasons). This is where the obstruction is most like to iccur.
Seperate the hoses and run a coat hanger or other appropriate flexible wire throught he pan hose and look for icky junk coming out (blowing through it is optional depending on your personal sanitary necessity level). Yo will know if this is the cause bout immeadiately.
The other places are a bit more difficult to observe and mat take more disassembly.
The drain begins under the evaporator, in the freezer, so you've usually got take the floor and back panel out of the freezer to see the drain. OTOH when I worked for Sears this drain cleaning would cost around $100. Depends on what your comfort level is as far as disemboweling you frifdge goes. Remember neve use anything sharp to defrost your freezer, hot water or a hair dryer are better choices.
Questions?
Paul

[Hawk]

You might have a look here as well: http://www.partselect.com/AdvancedMo...Num=&fkMfgID=3 Some great diagrams that might help pinpoint the problem.

[JiminMN]

Thanks for the replies. I am not quite sure what the first poster is talking about in regard to a drain hose or pan hose. I see one very narrow piece of tubing that goes from the top-left corner of the back of the fridge down to the bottom. Is this what you are talking about? The other piece of tubing is copper, and I know this is the water line for the ice maker in the freezer. I really don't want to pay $100 to get this fixed if I can do it myself. Thanks.



Jim

[JiminMN]

Just an update for anyone else who may have this problem - I finally gave in and called a repairman, as I did not have the tools or confidence to try and fix this problem myself. The problem was an iced-up/clogged drain. The repair person put a heat sensor down into the drain area, he said this would prevent the problem from occurring again. The drain cleaning and installation of heat sensor ran me about 135 bucks!

Makes me wonder, if the heat sensor prevents the problem, why don't they automatically include it as a part in the fridge? The fridge is only a couple years old.