Why does my water/ice taste bad when I put it in the refrigerator/freezer?

Question

I got this used fridge from a friend in July...it's not old and hadn't been used long. For the past few weeks, I have not wanted to make any ice or offer refrigerated water to any of my guests because they both taste somewhat like windex. The water is bought at a vending machine. This refrigerator is plain in that it does not have any water lines going through it. I place vending machine water in a pitcher and put it in the refrigerator as well as place the vending machine water in ice trays and in the freezer. I've tasted the water from the vending machine and it tastes great until I have to refrigerate it. I thought I might need to put a box of baking soda in both the refrigerator and freezer. I turned the temperature down some more and then back up to normal and I can't get it to change the taste. Is there maybe a service I have to have done to it? Is this potentially harmful to me for drinking it? Most importantly, how can I get the unit to not ruin the taste of my water & ice?

Answer 1

It could be the ice cube trays are slowly leaking chemicals into the ice. You might want to try it with a different set and see if the same thing happens.

Answer 2

wash out the fridge with baking soda. your water is picking up the odor from the fridge and it comes thru as a taste. wash your ice trays too.

Answer 3

It may be absorbing some odor from the frig.
Try cover the pitcher.
Also, cover any food you have.

Put soda or cut a lemon in half to remore odors.

Also, you may keep the water in a bottle . Use a Spring water bottle; or a soda bottle. Try

Answer 4

put a box of baking soda in the fridge to absorb odors

Answer 5

Same here but also bad parents......So you are trying to tell me you dated a crooked politician? Hehe