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Fridge defrosting itself?

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complexo · 13/09/2012 22:05

I know it maybe sounds crazy, but has anyone had this experience before? Woke up this morning to find a puddle under the kitchen counter, put an old towel on it and went to work, back home late afternoon, realised the fridge was de frosting itself, I took all the ice out and cleaned/dried everything but the wooden floor in now funny...I don't know what happened as fridge is still working fine right now...

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ChocFudgeCake · 13/09/2012 23:14

wish mine would do the same Grin Sorry I cannot be of help

PigletJohn · 14/09/2012 13:50

maybe the door was not properly closed.

UNPLUG the fridge and pull it away from the wall. Round the back, fridges generally have a plastic dish on top of the motor, where melt water runs through a small tube from the internal gutter.

Usually the amount of water will be very small and the heat of the motor will evaporate it. However the dish will be full of dirt, dust and fungus, so clean it out. Take great care not to allow water to splash onto any electrical part. See if water runs into this dish if you drip it into the gutter.

If the internal gutter has become detatched, or the drain tube is blocked, then water will collect inside the fridge. You may have to read the instructions.

it is also possible that a bottle fell over in the fridge.

A wooden or laminate floor will be damaged by water.

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