Whirlpool Refrigerator Drain Tube Freezing

Drain heaters prevent the water in the drain pan from re freezing and clogging the defrost drain.

Whirlpool refrigerator drain tube freezing.

Whirlpool refrigerator defrost drain clogged. I had water dripping from the freezer into the refrigerator compartment. I consistently every month have to take everything out of the freezer to thaw out that area and tube only to have it freeze up again. My frost free whirlpool freezer keeps freezing up where the excess water is supposed to go down the tube and collect in the tray below.

The permanent cure for repeatedly freezing condensate drains in whirlpool roper kitchenaid top mount refrigerators 6 replies the condensate drains in certain models of this refrigerator repeatedly freeze over causing water to run inside the refrigerator during defrost. The motion for preliminary approval of the settlement explains that whirlpool in late 2009 and early 2010 began selling combination refrigerator freezers with newly designed freezer drain tubes that allowed the company to produce a cost reduced machine compartment the new tubes were designed to channel defrosted water from the bottom.