I have a GE side by side frig. There is a sizeable water (?) leak that winds up on the floor but only intermittently. Seems to be coming from the freezer side. Any suggestions on what to ck before calling a repairman? Thanks.
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is there a water dispenser or ice cube maker? one of those pipes could have a leak.
the freezer might not be cold enough, and some food might be melting a bit.
check the rubber seal around the door. take a dollar bill and close it half in, half out of the door, and pull it out. if it comes out easily, the rubber seal is shot.
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Thanks for all the good ideas,andyfew322.
I just had a repair on mine. The tube that feed the icemaker wasn't tight anymore, and would leak when it was fed water. Was a simple replacement.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond, PaulCP.
Most like it is caused by the defrost system. It clogged, the hose is off, or the pan is not in place.
Behind the back panel of the freezer is the freezing coils. Fans and/or ducts are used to blow some of the cold air into the refigerator.
On the coils is a heater and periodically it turns on a melts the frost that forms. Then it collects in a tray and trays to pan under the refigerator. The warm air from the compressor then evaporates the water.
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I had a similar problem. It turned out the pan that caught the water created by the defrost cycle was cracked. Easy fix but it was like $30 for a flimsy little plastic pan.
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I've had that freeze in the drain defrost three times in three different freezers.
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I used to listen to Joe the appliance repairman. I can't fix squat but I fixed this problem. Joe says it was the number one call for repair and the easiest to fix.
It's the drain hole for the defrost cycle. It's plugged up. The fix? Take everything out of the freezer and find the little drain hole. Pour some hot water in it.
That's it...done. That little drain hole is hidden back there somewhere. The defrost cycle melts the snow and ice and it's supposed to drain down the tube and be caught in the pan under the fridge. The circulating air drys the pan out. If the hole is plugged, the water finds it's way down into the bottom of the fridge freezer by some other route and ends up anywhere but in the pan. On my fridge I ended up with puddle in the crisper.
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Jim, you may be wrong.....
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Bottom of freezer compartment-to the back. There's a raised edge channel that directs the water to the hole. I used a hair dryer.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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I concur with Jim. About once a year, usually in the summer for some reason, my drain tube gets a nasty, sludgy looking mold thing build up, almost looks like P-trap slime. Ream it out and leak goes away.
Thanks for taking the time to reply, Jim. I tried the remedy last night. Hope to be leak free!