You're a Genius!! Worked perfectly!! Both my Fridge and Freezer lines were frozen. Only took about 30 seconds for each drain. Thanks for the help and easy fix.
Worked like a charm! Removed the tray, took out the built up ice and used a hair dryer and hot water but it wouldn’t clear. Used the hose and water bottle and took about 4 seconds to clear the drain hose. Thanks for the video!
Worked for me! Hair dryer and pouring hot water seemed less effective and slower. This worked very quickly! Save my dinner plans with the family! Thanks for sharing!
My husband used a hair dryer on the hot air setting and aimed toward the drain. After 5 to 10 minutes, it drained like a charm after pouring a half cup water into the drain.
Thanks for the quick and easy to understand video. RUclips's great for DIY, but people make super long video's. Thanks for keeping it short, but explaining everything!! Off to try this. :)
If you want to permanently fix that so it doesn't happen again, strip about 6-8 inches of 12 gauge solid wire. Make a small 180 degree hook on one end with pliers and carefully hang it from the defrost heater bar with the end sticking into the drain hole. If you don't do that, it'll freeze up again someday.
You are correct. I actually posted a second video to this one. I purchased what is an actual packet from Whirlpool it is a small rod that bends over the heat element and drops into the drain. Yours is the same exact fix without purchasing this package which was like $10 and does the same thing using the 12 gauge wire (except if you have a piece of wire laying around it won't cost you anything!) . Thank you for sharing! 👍
@@MoreThanMaintenance Sorry I didn't check for a follow up video. I saw that 'service part'. Nice little scam there. I prefer 28 cents for 1 foot of wire at Home Depot. 😎
I was pretty sceptical that this trick would work when I tried augers, coat hangers, hot water and vinegar tricks. I was happily surprised. If you too feel like the other tricks and techniques aren't working (auger and hangers getting stuck shortly after entering drain) give this a try.
Perfect solution! A+++. Other videos describe methods using turkey basters, wire hangers, flat head screwdrivers, pots of water, compressed air, etc... SKIP THOSE and watch this video and you'll be done in less than a minute. Amazing!!
Will my refrigerator be fine if I regularly remove pooling ice/water at the bottom, but never unclog the defrost line? The defrost line is hard to get to on my fridge.
This method works well. For a more permanent solution, take a 2 ft length of copper wire and wrap it tightly around a small dowel leaving 4 inches straight at one end. Take the coil off the dowel and drop it into the drain hole. Wrap the remaining copper length several times tightly around the heating element (long horizontal metal bar across bottom). When the element kicks on, it'll heat up the coil and should de-ice the drain automatically.
Yes I agree. Here is the permanent fix using a quote and quote repair kit. Honestly your solution is the same if you have copper wire laying around. I have used this method many times 👏 Thank you for adding to the channel 🙂 ruclips.net/video/Ey9nL75xiNM/видео.html
Putting half a cup of water in a microwave for a minute and a half, then pouring it in to the water tray will do the same thing. There are a number of remidies that work for this issue. But I can't seem to figure out just how the issue originates. A regigerator works fine for year's and at some point in it's ageing process. For some reason no longer melts the ice sufficently enough long enough to drain and the ice accumulates, which causes the defrosting water, which proves it's still working to leak into the fridge. Thus when the defrost is still working as designed, why in time, does the excess water it causes no longer drains but freezes given way to the issue. Doing what you show is a quck fix, what's the issue that caused it in the first place. Obiviously not the defrost, it has to be something else.
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You're a Genius!! Worked perfectly!! Both my Fridge and Freezer lines were frozen. Only took about 30 seconds for each drain. Thanks for the help and easy fix.
Worked like a charm! Removed the tray, took out the built up ice and used a hair dryer and hot water but it wouldn’t clear. Used the hose and water bottle and took about 4 seconds to clear the drain hose. Thanks for the video!
Worked for me! Hair dryer and pouring hot water seemed less effective and slower. This worked very quickly! Save my dinner plans with the family! Thanks for sharing!
I literally just fixed the problem with the help of your water bottle trick! thanks man!
My husband used a hair dryer on the hot air setting and aimed toward the drain. After 5 to 10 minutes, it drained like a charm after pouring a half cup water into the drain.
Thanks for the good technique to clear the drain tube. It worked like a champ! Simple, fast, and did not damage the drain tube.
Man I tried this at work today and it worked exactly how you said it man!!! Thanks!!!
Thanks for the quick and easy to understand video. RUclips's great for DIY, but people make super long video's. Thanks for keeping it short, but explaining everything!! Off to try this. :)
Great ideal, I always used a turkey baster. Thanks for sharing.
If you want to permanently fix that so it doesn't happen again, strip about 6-8 inches of 12 gauge solid wire. Make a small 180 degree hook on one end with pliers and carefully hang it from the defrost heater bar with the end sticking into the drain hole. If you don't do that, it'll freeze up again someday.
You are correct. I actually posted a second video to this one. I purchased what is an actual packet from Whirlpool it is a small rod that bends over the heat element and drops into the drain. Yours is the same exact fix without purchasing this package which was like $10 and does the same thing using the 12 gauge wire (except if you have a piece of wire laying around it won't cost you anything!) . Thank you for sharing! 👍
@@MoreThanMaintenance Sorry I didn't check for a follow up video. I saw that 'service part'. Nice little scam there. I prefer 28 cents for 1 foot of wire at Home Depot. 😎
This is the link if your interested
ruclips.net/video/Ey9nL75xiNM/видео.html
This worked for me. Squirting hot water out of a sports bottle was not enough pressure. Thanks
This was exactly what I needed. Thanks for the help and the good idea of using the water bottle and tube setup.
Great idea...wish I saw this before using the turkey baster :)!
Great simple tool that got the job done. Thanks!
Great video, where'd like a charm! Very useful!
I was pretty sceptical that this trick would work when I tried augers, coat hangers, hot water and vinegar tricks. I was happily surprised. If you too feel like the other tricks and techniques aren't working (auger and hangers getting stuck shortly after entering drain) give this a try.
Thank you......was all set to get new fridge freezer
Perfect solution! A+++. Other videos describe methods using turkey basters, wire hangers, flat head screwdrivers, pots of water, compressed air, etc... SKIP THOSE and watch this video and you'll be done in less than a minute. Amazing!!
Oh and for the hose, i just used a reusable straw, that was rigid enough to push down into the drain hole.
Or use a long wire or stick , works as well ❤❤
That should clean out any clog, its a pressure washer, great idea
Worked perfectly!!!
Will my refrigerator be fine if I regularly remove pooling ice/water at the bottom, but never unclog the defrost line? The defrost line is hard to get to on my fridge.
Cheers and if i have real debris in it? eg. seed etc....
So the drain was frozen, wouldn't this happen again over and over though?
Great - this worked perfectly for me
This method works well. For a more permanent solution, take a 2 ft length of copper wire and wrap it tightly around a small dowel leaving 4 inches straight at one end. Take the coil off the dowel and drop it into the drain hole. Wrap the remaining copper length several times tightly around the heating element (long horizontal metal bar across bottom). When the element kicks on, it'll heat up the coil and should de-ice the drain automatically.
Yes I agree. Here is the permanent fix using a quote and quote repair kit. Honestly your solution is the same if you have copper wire laying around. I have used this method many times 👏
Thank you for adding to the channel 🙂
ruclips.net/video/Ey9nL75xiNM/видео.html
Putting half a cup of water in a microwave for a minute and a half, then pouring it in to the water tray will do the same thing.
There are a number of remidies that work for this issue. But I can't seem to figure out just how the issue originates. A regigerator works fine for year's and at some point in it's ageing process. For some reason no longer melts the ice sufficently enough long enough to drain and the ice accumulates, which causes the defrosting water, which proves it's still working to leak into the fridge.
Thus when the defrost is still working as designed, why in time, does the excess water it causes no longer drains but freezes given way to the issue. Doing what you show is a quck fix, what's the issue that caused it in the first place. Obiviously not the defrost, it has to be something else.
Good job
good idea ill try that!!!
Thanks so much.
Mine is full of rust from the metal tray. Wish mine was just ice
Why not just drill a small hole on the cap & just squeeze the bottle?
my guess is because you can't get the top of the water bottle down into the drain, but the tube does go down, all the way into it.
not enough pressure created....
Close the tap.. . Conserve water
It will happen again.if you install a heat proble
Cheers!!!
Turn off the tap bro