We have a Samsung RF217ACPN about 1 year old that has water pooling in the crispers and the bottom of the fridge. We reported the problem to Samsung - they recommended we defrost the fridge. We did; however, the pooling persists. Any ideas on what might be the cause?
My bet is your cooling fins are melting during the defrost cycle.
There should be a tray in the back under the coils that catches the water.
Is it there?
Is it full? It should dry out. We've never really had an issue.
Is there a hole in it?
Here is one from a Norcold unit. You probably have something similar.
GipCTravelers
We have a full size Samsung french-door frig. I was thinking the seal might be bad causing the additional humidity and pooling.
We have a full size Samsung french-door frig. I was thinking the seal might be bad causing the additional humidity and pooling.
That will also cause undue moisture problems.
Sorry...I did not catch that you have a residential style refrigerator.
I looked at the breakdown of your unit. I don't see any kind of drip pan for your unit. On a Norcold or Dometic, they only have one set of coils for both the Freezer and Refrigerator. On your residential unit, they are separate coils.
For a new unit, this would seem uncommon.
How much water are you accumulating and in what time span?
Have you tried putting baking soda in the fridge? That may help some. I know it's for "smells", but it also works to reduce humidity.
Check one more thing...Your coils are at the bottom. Do you have pets? You indicate that you have had this unit for about a year now. Have you cleaned the coils? Are you full or part time? how long have you been having this issue?
GipCTravelers
The pooling in 24 hours equals 4 or more ounces of water. We are full timers, no pets. And, no we have not cleaned the coils at the bottom of the frig. Oh, and we do use baking soda. We noticed this issue about three months ago.
The pooling in 24 hours equals 4 or more ounces of water. We are full timers, no pets. And, no we have not cleaned the coils at the bottom of the frig. Oh, and we do use baking soda. We noticed this issue about three months ago.
Do you notice moisture on the side walls or anywhere else? Or just in the pan?
Just in the crispers and the bottom. Not the side walls or anywhere else.
We had the exact same thing. We would clean up the water and then before you know it... water puddles. We tried defrosting and changing temps. Did research... here is what we did:
* Empty the refrigerator and take out all the shelves.
* Take 6" piece of bare copper wire and put a hook in the top about an inch long.
* Remove the inside back panel of refrigerator. This was a pain because you want to make sure not to break the plastic. This was the hardest part of the whole job.
* When you take the panel off you will see a tray (that probably is full of ice). There is a drain hole in the bottom of the tray.
* Defrost the ice in the tray
* Poke the wire down into the hole; put the hook of the wire over the defrost heating element. Putting the copper wire in the hole and this will prevent the water from freezing.
Here is a Youtube I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE10_puZWKo
DISCLAIMER: This video is one we found--I don't know this person and we are not appliance repair people.
We did this over a year ago and have had no issues since this DIY fix.
Thank you...we will give it a go!
Hope it works for you. We got really tired of cleaning up water. We were to the point of barely using the crisper drawers. I think they now may have a retro fit part, but this has worked so we didn't look any other solutions.
Wow! Worked like a champ...no water. Thank you.
