My LG freezer keeps dumping lots of water .?

Question

Our 2 year old fridge freezer keeps dumping water about a ltre at a time.It is not connected to any water supplies.We have tried all different temps and not overloading it too much but the water keeps coming.It seems that the water drips down somewhere and accumulates before just comiing out.It drips into the bottom of the fridge (freezer is at the top) and after forming a pool then drips through the door onto the floor which is where we find the pool.Please help as our guarentee ran out in August.Thanks.

Answer 1

Your freezer is iced-up on the inside and properly
inside the lid or door. Happened to mine too.
Only solution. Unload the freezer and unplug it.
Let it defrost for a day or two - I put a blow-dryer (hair dryer)
in mine - to speed up defrosting. Lots of water came out,
from all the ice build inside the walls and lid.
But than is worked much better and efficient.
It's a messy job, but some one has do do it.
The guarantee always runs out before you have any problems!
Fact of life.

Answer 2

There is usually a tray under the fridge that catches water gathered from the freezer (a dehumidifier process) and a tube leads from the freezer to the tray. Is the tube clogged or missing? If so, water will find a way into the fridge instead. You may have to get a service manual to see the routes of how the freezer defrosts itself by pulling water from the air and sending it to the holding tray (this is why there is water as the self defroster does accumulate water instead of allowing it to build as ice on the sides). Normally the water will evaporate before it overfills the holding area. Oh - Actually a freezer works best when filled, just so you know. Best wishes!

Answer 3

This is one of the unfortunate side-effects of the frsot-free system that LG, and many other maufacturers use. I have had an Indesit and a Hotpoint that did the same. I've never been entirely sure how this sytem is supposed to work, but if you look inside the actual fridge you'll see a drip-channel which may be iced-up, and need clearing. Alternatively, if the ambient temperature of the room it is kept in is too low, then that can interfere with the natural evaporation of condensation and the frost-free feature drain.

I've mopped-up some water only today from my current Indesit, and I'm not at all sure what the answer is to eradicate the problem completely.

Answer 4

The fridge has a automatic defrost cycle and the water should land on the dripper at the back of the fridge, just above the veg compartment. You can see this drip collector from the inside, normally it is in the form of a vee with a hole in the centre. The water goes through that hole a goes in a plastic container over the motor at the back. The water then evaporates with the heat of the motor. Check if the drip collector is clogged, use a plastic straw. Sometimes it forms sludge a clogs the pipe.

Answer 5

This is probably one of two things... either a blockage in the feed to the spill tray, or a busted thermostat. Fridges defrost themselves by freezing water droplets on the back wall of the fridge then heating this panel up slightly to defrost the droplets and they spill down a hole in the bottom of the fridge into the spill tray to evaporate. If this hole is visible, make sure it hasn't become blocked by something.
Unfortunately, if this doesn't help, you will need to get a service call to investigate. LG will have their own service company but if they are hideously expensive, I'm sure you will have a couple of local firms who service kitchen appliances. But, if you can swallow the cost, you'd be better off using LG as they will have a stock of correct parts for their models and the know how on the technical side of things!
Hope that helps. Good Luck!
B x

Answer 6

Here is there contact details, give them a call see if they can advise you.

Homepage : uk.lge.com

Phone
0870 873 5454: Customer Service
0870 872 1221: Spares and accessories
01753 491 500: Reception
01753 491 628: PR Manager
020 7386 1576: PR Agency

OFFICE LOCATIONS
Head Office : LG House, 250 Bath Road,
Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4DX
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Answer 7

Its a defrost fault.Try looking for a drain pipe which should take the condensate water to the compressor to evaporate off ,its usually blocked ,clear it with a bit of wire

Answer 8

My cat does the same thing not putting the food in part but he knocks over and pushes his water feeder/bowl around so I gorilla glued his water bowl to a board which solved that problem, maybe keep the food and water further apart.

Answer 9

No wonder the person using the handle MAN is on level 5 he answers every question with the same answer, ie go to www.bla,bla, bla.com