I bought a steamer, and it was a good idea, got rid of the ice in no time. I had the rubber boot on the bottom of the drain line, it was plugged up, so I took it off. Thanks so much, your video is a gem.
Thanks for your video. Done this 3 times in 4 months. Used a hair dryer to defrost ice, then hot water from microwave poured into funnel to melt drain ice (~4 cups). Then used air compressor blowing into drain line to make sure no trash in drain line. Was able to use a piece of 16 ga. wire to wrap over heating element then into drain hole to prevent reoccurrence. Also used air compressor to blow dust out back of frig. after removing 4 screws from cardboard back panel. Don't understand why this began happening after 15 years (2007 model) other than this problem has been a good frig. Thanks again for the wire/heating element idea.😀
This helped us tremendously. My refrigerator looked exactly like this. My son and I were able to follow this video step by step and solved our problem! This video was easy to understand. Thanks.
Much thanks for this very helpful video which described the problem and the fix in perfect detail! I used a hair dryer to thaw ice from the freezer pan and a combination of hot water from a water bottle plus an air compressor to clear the drain line. I purchased the OEM heat probe which was a bit of a challenge to feed down the drain while simultaneously keeping the upper part at the correct angle so it can be tightened around the heater with the fastening screw. All said, the refrigerator is working perfectly now!
I was able to do this myself and I now feel very accomplished. I’m hoping that was the fix I needed. I’ll be monitoring the next couple days. Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Awesome video. I’ve done this repair many times on whirlpools but never thought to use the steamer. Is it possible for you to provide a link for the steamer and extension? Thanks for another great tip! Wait.. just saw it in the description. My bad 🤦♂️
The brazing rod is connected to the defroster and will keep it the drain hole from freezing in the future? I have a roll of 16AWG copper wire from an old alarm panel that I might try first since I have that laying around. And I'll be getting a steamer. Thank you.
I don’t have a brazing rod and don’t feel like buying the other part. So the paper clip does work? I just did this 3 weeks ago and it’s leaking and frozen again.
Is there a way to reasonably get warm water up the return from the back or bottom? I know it sounds ridiculous but I am trying to avoid ruining my food while I'm taking it all apart. It's a garage fridge so all of our meat and ice cream is in there. I have a cooler I can transfer to but not quite big enough. I have a garment steamer that should make fast work of the problem but if I can melt it out from the back or bottom with some ingenuity, I'm with that too. I'm hypothesizing the drain tube runs all the way to the bottom pan somewhere and was thinking if I squirt some warm water up there and then blow air thru it, maybe it'd melt. But maybe it would just freeze the tube more 😂 Edit: forgot to mention, I'm in Phoenix. There is no "just set it down for a few, it only takes 10 mins". Assuming the process went perfectly, 10 mins here is enough to melt ice cream. Although maybe I could throw that in the cooler and put the meat in the house for a few 🤔
Yup, though for me it took about 6 hours. I put a box fan in front of the freezer and left the freezer door open. The stuff in the refrigerator compartment didn't even get warm.
Great video. Unfortunately for me, there was no ice or blockage. I was able to pour warm water into the drain and it made it to the refrigerator pan. I did notice some rust under the freezer drain pan which makes me think some of the water is going under the pan rather than into the drain pipe. Not really sure how I can fix that.
This has been very helpful in helping me diagnose what is wrong with a Whirlpool ER2CHMXPL00 Fridge we just got a few weeks ago. Cools and freezes great until the coils freeze over. I defrosted it once, and it happened again. Found your video. Defrosted it again and cleared the drain line. Then it did it again, Now I am looking into the defrost components. The Defrost element has continuity. I was watching another video about what to check next, but it's a different kind of fridge. It says check the thermistor and bi-metal defrost. I see the bi-metal, but I do not see a thermistor. I did find a connector that has nothing coming out of it that is plugged into a connector receiver that has a black and a white wire coming from it. Is that where the thermistor is supposed to be? the part that is coming up when I look up this model and the word thermistor looks like it has a different connection. Any help would be very appreciated.
We recently moved to another place. We never had this problem at our old residence. The amount of water on the floor alseems excessive. The bottom of our fridge becomes flooded as well as our kitchem floor. How is it collecting so much moisture? And why does it make a whistle noise when you close it? It looks like its sucking the door closed.
on your video, you talked about a rubber boot at the end of the drain line and said to watch the video of it, but I do not see that viede. We have a newer model whirlpool and the water is pooling under the crisper trays (side by side w/ bottom freezer). There is no water in the freezer, just the fridge. Is there a link to that video?
Thank you for this video. This is not my model of fridge, but I'm betting the same dumb design of hiding the drain is causing water to back up into the refrigerator and leak out the top. I'll look at your other videos for model WRF535smbw00
Ok not even quite 3 weeks ago I found your video because my fridge did the same thing and took it apart like you said but didn’t do the rod and I’ll be damn it’s doing it again! This fridge is from 2004 I think, it was my parents and I took theirs when we sold their house because theirs was better and my mom never had these issues. What’s causing this all of a sudden? Do I need that rod? And yes I do realize it’s getting old. I don’t understand why it’s building up the ice so much. 😩
The drain line is freezing over. Got to make sure it's fully thawed out. The rod transfers heat down the drain line 'helping' it not to freeze over again. The drain line could have some blockage in it as well
@@ApartmentMaintenanceProyeah I did thaw everything with my hair dryer as that was all I had to do quickly. I even ran water and it went thru so now I guess I’ll get that brazing rod and try that. Right now I just have a bowl in the fridge catching everything and what’s weird is the bowl that’s in my fridge catching the water is frozen. Not sure why it does that either. But thanks for the response!
I have an easier, but lengthier solution. Store your freezer food items somewhere else, unplug the unit and leave the freezer door open until the drain pain fills with water, then you know you have a clear drain again. I did this last week, and had a fan blowing in to speed up the process.
Mine is from 2004 and just started with the water coming in the top shelf of fridge. Could I just use a hairdryer or a steamer without taking everything apart? Do I need to put that rod? What is that for?
Refer to 2:29, check if you have one of those pieces, if not then get one. It will conduct heat directly to the drain and melt any ice at the opening. Otherwise you might have something other than ice clogging it like food or it is somehow freezing later down in the line but I doubt that
Most people still need to keep their foods cold but if you don't have that need then that'd work and be much easier. You might still need to check his other video for unplugging the boot at the end of the drain line though if you see a bunch of water in your freezer after you let it thaw.
I have a 2021 Whirlpool 11.6 Cu. Ft. top Freezer Refrigerator. I went thru the artic freeze (-36) this last winter. The drain was frozen and kept spilling water into the refrigerator. The weather finally got into the upper 80's. I left my refrigerator outside for 6 hours. All the ice melted away. The drain tube cleared and now water was in the evaporation pan. I plugged the fridge back in. Seams to be working better. No ice built up so far.
Sooooo I've seen that done 100's of times and it always fails, because I only see copper wire on these when I do call backs. IF you go the wire route go aluminum 10 gauge or more non-strand (if you can find it).
I bought a steamer, and it was a good idea, got rid of the ice in no time. I had the rubber boot on the bottom of the drain line, it was plugged up, so I took it off. Thanks so much, your video is a gem.
Thanks for your video. Done this 3 times in 4 months. Used a hair dryer to defrost ice, then hot water from microwave poured into funnel to melt drain ice (~4 cups). Then used air compressor blowing into drain line to make sure no trash in drain line. Was able to use a piece of 16 ga. wire to wrap over heating element then into drain hole to prevent reoccurrence. Also used air compressor to blow dust out back of frig. after removing 4 screws from cardboard back panel. Don't understand why this began happening after 15 years (2007 model) other than this problem has been a good frig. Thanks again for the wire/heating element idea.😀
This helped us tremendously. My refrigerator looked exactly like this. My son and I were able to follow this video step by step and solved our problem! This video was easy to understand. Thanks.
Instead of the steamer, I used some glasses of hot water and that did the tick.
Great video 🙂
This is a perfect video, leading to a perfect fix. Bending the piece of copper rod around the defrost pipe and down the drain hole is brilliant.
Much thanks for this very helpful video which described the problem and the fix in perfect detail!
I used a hair dryer to thaw ice from the freezer pan and a combination of hot water from a water bottle plus an air compressor to clear the drain line.
I purchased the OEM heat probe which was a bit of a challenge to feed down the drain while simultaneously keeping the upper part at the correct angle so it can be tightened around the heater with the fastening screw.
All said, the refrigerator is working perfectly now!
I was able to do this myself and I now feel very accomplished. I’m hoping that was the fix I needed. I’ll be monitoring the next couple days. Thanks so much for the tutorial!
if your coil is frozen as well?
Thanks to your video, I did all the steps properly and fixed my freezer. Thank you 🙏
At my work we have this exact fridge with the exact problem. Thanks to your video I'm able to fix it.
Awesome video. I’ve done this repair many times on whirlpools but never thought to use the steamer. Is it possible for you to provide a link for the steamer and extension? Thanks for another great tip! Wait.. just saw it in the description. My bad 🤦♂️
Using like a 10 gauge copper ground wire down into the drain hole from the heater is brilliant. I will do that next time I have it open.
Thank you so much!! This basically my exact model and helped me solve met issues in a few minutes
The brazing rod is connected to the defroster and will keep it the drain hole from freezing in the future? I have a roll of 16AWG copper wire from an old alarm panel that I might try first since I have that laying around. And I'll be getting a steamer. Thank you.
Ive always put a paper clip around the defrost heater and stuck it down the drain, but the brazing rod seems like it would work better!
Thanks Benjamin!
Putting a paper clip or brazing rod around the defrost heater and sticking it down the drain...what does that do?
It conducts heat the pipe
I don’t have a brazing rod and don’t feel like buying the other part. So the paper clip does work? I just did this 3 weeks ago and it’s leaking and frozen again.
Great tips. Another tip is just unplug the refrigerator for two days. Obviously you don't have any foods to spoil
This is the easiest way labor wise :)
could I really do this? Bc I don't have much food and I am having this problem and don't want to buy a steamer lol
@@Amfxtradingturkey baster with hot water, idk if you figured it out already but that's the go to when you have no steamer
Is there a way to reasonably get warm water up the return from the back or bottom? I know it sounds ridiculous but I am trying to avoid ruining my food while I'm taking it all apart. It's a garage fridge so all of our meat and ice cream is in there. I have a cooler I can transfer to but not quite big enough. I have a garment steamer that should make fast work of the problem but if I can melt it out from the back or bottom with some ingenuity, I'm with that too. I'm hypothesizing the drain tube runs all the way to the bottom pan somewhere and was thinking if I squirt some warm water up there and then blow air thru it, maybe it'd melt. But maybe it would just freeze the tube more 😂
Edit: forgot to mention, I'm in Phoenix. There is no "just set it down for a few, it only takes 10 mins". Assuming the process went perfectly, 10 mins here is enough to melt ice cream. Although maybe I could throw that in the cooler and put the meat in the house for a few 🤔
Yup, though for me it took about 6 hours. I put a box fan in front of the freezer and left the freezer door open. The stuff in the refrigerator compartment didn't even get warm.
great vids short pov to the point no frills, i know some of what you do and other not and its spot on ...
Thanks for watching!
Hi awesome video!! Can I use an old style medal hanger from cleaners instead of brazing wire ? Thank you in advance. ❤
I cant wait to try it.
Thanks Apartment Maintenance Pro.
Great video. Unfortunately for me, there was no ice or blockage. I was able to pour warm water into the drain and it made it to the refrigerator pan. I did notice some rust under the freezer drain pan which makes me think some of the water is going under the pan rather than into the drain pipe. Not really sure how I can fix that.
Pan might have a crack in it
This was a lifesaver. Thanks my dude
This has been very helpful in helping me diagnose what is wrong with a Whirlpool ER2CHMXPL00 Fridge we just got a few weeks ago. Cools and freezes great until the coils freeze over. I defrosted it once, and it happened again. Found your video. Defrosted it again and cleared the drain line. Then it did it again, Now I am looking into the defrost components. The Defrost element has continuity. I was watching another video about what to check next, but it's a different kind of fridge. It says check the thermistor and bi-metal defrost. I see the bi-metal, but I do not see a thermistor. I did find a connector that has nothing coming out of it that is plugged into a connector receiver that has a black and a white wire coming from it. Is that where the thermistor is supposed to be? the part that is coming up when I look up this model and the word thermistor looks like it has a different connection. Any help would be very appreciated.
I thin that you just saved me a bunch money, thanks!!!
We recently moved to another place. We never had this problem at our old residence. The amount of water on the floor alseems excessive. The bottom of our fridge becomes flooded as well as our kitchem floor. How is it collecting so much moisture? And why does it make a whistle noise when you close it? It looks like its sucking the door closed.
on your video, you talked about a rubber boot at the end of the drain line and said to watch the video of it, but I do not see that viede. We have a newer model whirlpool and the water is pooling under the crisper trays (side by side w/ bottom freezer). There is no water in the freezer, just the fridge. Is there a link to that video?
ruclips.net/video/xyCd-Eg9QbA/видео.html it’s around the 6:20 mark
Thank you for this video. This is not my model of fridge, but I'm betting the same dumb design of hiding the drain is causing water to back up into the refrigerator and leak out the top. I'll look at your other videos for model WRF535smbw00
Apartment Pro: instead of a brazing rod would a solid strand of #12 copper wire work?
As long as it is making really good contact with the defrost bar
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro thanks
just curious, can you use a piece of copper wire instead of the brazing rod?
Yes
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro Thank you
Great info sir!
Ok not even quite 3 weeks ago I found your video because my fridge did the same thing and took it apart like you said but didn’t do the rod and I’ll be damn it’s doing it again! This fridge is from 2004 I think, it was my parents and I took theirs when we sold their house because theirs was better and my mom never had these issues. What’s causing this all of a sudden? Do I need that rod? And yes I do realize it’s getting old. I don’t understand why it’s building up the ice so much. 😩
The drain line is freezing over. Got to make sure it's fully thawed out. The rod transfers heat down the drain line 'helping' it not to freeze over again. The drain line could have some blockage in it as well
@@ApartmentMaintenanceProyeah I did thaw everything with my hair dryer as that was all I had to do quickly. I even ran water and it went thru so now I guess I’ll get that brazing rod and try that. Right now I just have a bowl in the fridge catching everything and what’s weird is the bowl that’s in my fridge catching the water is frozen. Not sure why it does that either. But thanks for the response!
What purpose does the rod serve?
I have an easier, but lengthier solution. Store your freezer food items somewhere else, unplug the unit and leave the freezer door open until the drain pain fills with water, then you know you have a clear drain again. I did this last week, and had a fan blowing in to speed up the process.
Thanks, man. Made it easy peezy
perfect thanks!
Mine is from 2004 and just started with the water coming in the top shelf of fridge. Could I just use a hairdryer or a steamer without taking everything apart? Do I need to put that rod? What is that for?
Thank you for the video, in mine it happens almost every month I did not understand the extended what ? that I can buy ?
Refer to 2:29, check if you have one of those pieces, if not then get one. It will conduct heat directly to the drain and melt any ice at the opening. Otherwise you might have something other than ice clogging it like food or it is somehow freezing later down in the line but I doubt that
What if the drain pipe is not covered with ice but still water is leaking, than what to do?
I'm in same position.
Do you have to do anything special if you want to leave the icemaker out of your freezer?
Just shut the water supply off 👍
Thank you!
What if there is no drain hole in the pan under the coils?
There should be a drain hole there. The melted ice has to go somewhere
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro I removed the ice but didn't find a drain hole anywhere. Doesn't make sense.
This is super complicated. Can I just unplug everything for a week and let it all melt away?
Most people still need to keep their foods cold but if you don't have that need then that'd work and be much easier. You might still need to check his other video for unplugging the boot at the end of the drain line though if you see a bunch of water in your freezer after you let it thaw.
I have a 2021 Whirlpool 11.6 Cu. Ft. top Freezer Refrigerator. I went thru the artic freeze (-36) this last winter. The drain was frozen and kept spilling water into the refrigerator. The weather finally got into the upper 80's. I left my refrigerator outside for 6 hours. All the ice melted away. The drain tube cleared and now water was in the evaporation pan. I plugged the fridge back in. Seams to be working better. No ice built up so far.
where does it drain into? (Frigidaire with no freezer)
Underneath into pan. Remove your front grate and you should see a thin plastic pan that is removable.
Thank you for the info.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🔥🔥
Would a blow dryer melt the ice?
I would think so. When I first got my Whirlpool, the icemaker froze. The mechanic told me to use a hairdryer and that did the trick.
Where can I buy one of that steamer?
Amazon
nevermind lol. ill get a repair man.
.50 brazing rod lol,may I suggest a .01 piece of copper wire instead.
Sooooo I've seen that done 100's of times and it always fails, because I only see copper wire on these when I do call backs. IF you go the wire route go aluminum 10 gauge or more non-strand (if you can find it).
Extremely helpful 😀
What material of brazing rod?