Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid of the frost?
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7 years ago
Do these appliances require any kind of provision to be made for condensate drainage in normal operation? If not, how do they get rid of the frost?
Dribble it into a little tray on top of the warm pump to evaporate? There's not enough to require a proper drain, and there's enough spare heat in the pump to take care of it.
Yup: The water drains into a tray on top of the compressor and evaporates. Best not to buy one though. I can't remember a fridge problem here that has not involved a frost free appliance.
If the fridge is not perfectly horizontal, badly designed (Hotpoint) ones can overflow before they fill.
They do not need to be "perfectly horizontal". Most are not. Is yours?
Most are fine, but I've seen one with a shoddily designed tray which did have to be very level. I redesigned it a little.
So better than Hotpoint then.
Hotpoint is renowned for unreliability, as it's British. Mind you so is Servis?
I have known the drain through to the back to become choked up on ours. Other than that - no problems.
Possibly made in Turkey!
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@red.lan:
Servis is Turkish! Vestel own the name.
I have a Gorenje Fridge - honestly made and branded from Slovenia.
I thought Servis had gone bankrupt?
Is that any better?
It works - it has the right appearance. Therefore it is fit for purpose.
They are just a mass produced appliance.Not a lot to choose between them - it is a matured technology.
I suppose with branding, I have a slight preferance for a brand name that reflects its maker - rather than a hidden source of manufacture but with a misleading brand name stuck on it.
But how long has it worked?
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