Puddle of water under fridge

[rk]

I've got a hotpoint FFA90S fridge freezer. The other day I needed to move it out of the way so that our builder could knock out a big hole for a door. Anyway, when I moved the fridge I noticed a fairly large puddle underneath it which alarmed me!

I tilted the fridge back and noticed there is no tray underneath it to store any excess water. On my last fridge I seem to remember there was a small container attached to it to store excess water.

Any ideas as to where the water might be coming from and how the fridge handles the excess water. I don't think dumping the water where the eye cannot see is an elegant solution although your mileage may vary!

I need to get to the bottom of this (pun unintended) as the fridge will be moving location again shortly as we will be having a laminate floor. The puddle of water will of course make this somewhat difficult.

Any ideas/suggestions most welcome.

Thanks

[Mungo]

The innards of the fridge oscillate from freezing to thawing (I think) so that excess frost can be melted off the innards and the water is collected and channelled away to an evaporator bowl that usually sits on top of the (warm) compressor at the back of the fridge near the floor.

If the drain pipe from the inside to the outside of the fridge gets blocked, water spills out the door of the fridge eventually.

If the evaporator plate is sitting full and you tilt it when moving it you will create a recent puddle.

So it might be okay. Keep an eye on it.

Mungo

[Chris J Dixon]

I don't know your particular model, but here are some general notes.

This appears to be a frost free freezer. This means that periodically (usually daily) it stops cooling, and turns on a small heater to melt the ice which has formed on the freezer cooling matrix. The water is collected and passes through the back wall where it is directed to a shallow receptacle on top of the compressor. The heat from the compressor should then evaporate it into the room.

Complications with this system include blockage of the pipe, air locks, failure to discharge into the receptacle... In your case, you probably just tipped it a bit before the water had evaporated.

You can also get frost forming on the cooling pipe before it enters the freezer, depending upon the adequacy of its insulation, which then melts and drips.

Crude, but it mostly works.

Chris

[rk]

ok, that actually makes sense as I had to tilt it back a few times so I guess it may well have tipped the water over.

I'll keep an eye on it to see as I can look underneath it without moving it.