I have water under my vegetable drawer in my fridge. I know it's coming from the freezer above it, but why?

Answer 1

Your freezer has a defrost cycle where the cooling coils receive warmth and the ice melts, draining to your drip pan below. This is normal. (The cavity where the cooling coils are is insulated, so your freezer contents remain unaffected by this cycle.)

If the water is remaining in your fridge, the drain hole is plugged. You'll have to remove your vegetable drawers to get at it. It needs to be snaked out with a wire or small diameter drain snake. Even a large veterinary syringe placed tight against the drain hole might allow you to blast it clean.

Answer 2

you need to unplug your fridge. Empty out your freezer, remove the shelf if you have one. Remove the ice maker if you have that, then remove the back panel on the freezer. Pnce you open this, you will see the drain hole in the middle of the freezer. It might have ice built up in it or a piece of food may have gotten in the way and caused an ice dam. In either case, you will have to clean out the drain hole. If it is a GE model, they have a piece of metal wire running from the coils down to the drain hole. The only thing is that most of them have been installed in the wrong place and they still freeze up. Thaw out the unit if this is the case and move your wire closer to the center of your coils.

Answer 3

The defrost water drain is blocked somewhere and is dripping down from wherever it can.

Without knowing the make and model number that is the best answer I or anyone else can give you at this time. Any other answer would be a guess as to what to look for or what to do. Every manufacturer has their own way of running the defrost drain and sometimes more then one way for each manufacturer.

Answer 4

First,make sure the freezer compartment isn't defrosting without You wanting it to! Or has someone adjusted the fridge controls without You knowing? so long as there isn't an electrical or coolant problem,You should be ok,but I'd be concerned about quantities of water forming...

Answer 5

wow. the 1st guy is right on target.
the others, I dunno.