My Fridgidare has started wetting the floor
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turquoisedude
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Hmmm... Not a fridge expert, but perhaps the mullion heaters in the freezer door posts are not operating. It might just be a bad connection somewhere or in a worst-case scenario, they may need replacing...
OR it may just be a case of the door gaskets no longer sealing adequately. I had a similar problem with an early 60s Kelvinator and this was solved by replacing the door gaskets.
If you can post the model number of this refrigerator, I am sure that one of our Frigidaire folks here on the board will have better information.
OR it may just be a case of the door gaskets no longer sealing adequately. I had a similar problem with an early 60s Kelvinator and this was solved by replacing the door gaskets.
If you can post the model number of this refrigerator, I am sure that one of our Frigidaire folks here on the board will have better information.
yogitunes
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theres condensation that seems to be forming on a lot of things during this excessive humid weather......even the front of my bottom freezer door is sweating, never done that before, not to mention the pipes in the basement and toilet tanks are dripping major puddles.....of course this all stops once the central air is turned on......
some fridges have a Winter/Summer switch that run a heater to help evaporate moisture that forms on the outside of the unit....
some fridges have a Winter/Summer switch that run a heater to help evaporate moisture that forms on the outside of the unit....
Leaking Mid 60s Bottom Freezer Frigidaire
We need more information where the water is first appearing, open the freezer and see if you have any water-ice on the freezer floor, if not is the outer cabinet sweating down both sides of the freezer door ? You could also move the ref and see if the water was coming from underneath the ref, leaks can be frustrating, let us know a little more and we will be happy to help John.
We need more information where the water is first appearing, open the freezer and see if you have any water-ice on the freezer floor, if not is the outer cabinet sweating down both sides of the freezer door ? You could also move the ref and see if the water was coming from underneath the ref, leaks can be frustrating, let us know a little more and we will be happy to help John.
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When this cropped up, we were having some extreme humidity. I also suspected the fridge may have been pitched slightly forward, so I leveled it, biased slightly to the rear. That seemed to do the job, until one day I couldn't open the freezer because the sliding basket had frozen to the freezer floor. Took it apart and thawed out the huge ice block that had formed in the defroster-drip area. Good again for a few weeks.
There doesn't seem to be any doubt now that it's not defrosting. (It's thawing again as I type this.) So I'm ready to start troubleshooting and chasing parts...
Any tips to rule out the defroster timer vs. defroster bar? I'd ohm-out the defrost bar, but would prefer to do this without having to empty the whole fridge (this is the kitchen fridge, not a garage fridge!) Where might I find a schematic with wire color codes and measurements?
Good source for parts?
The model number is: FPT-19B 64, serial 75A92925. None of this turns up in a Google search. Here's a photo of the tag:
When this cropped up, we were having some extreme humidity. I also suspected the fridge may have been pitched slightly forward, so I leveled it, biased slightly to the rear. That seemed to do the job, until one day I couldn't open the freezer because the sliding basket had frozen to the freezer floor. Took it apart and thawed out the huge ice block that had formed in the defroster-drip area. Good again for a few weeks.
There doesn't seem to be any doubt now that it's not defrosting. (It's thawing again as I type this.) So I'm ready to start troubleshooting and chasing parts...
Any tips to rule out the defroster timer vs. defroster bar? I'd ohm-out the defrost bar, but would prefer to do this without having to empty the whole fridge (this is the kitchen fridge, not a garage fridge!) Where might I find a schematic with wire color codes and measurements?
Good source for parts?
The model number is: FPT-19B 64, serial 75A92925. None of this turns up in a Google search. Here's a photo of the tag:
FPT 19B-64
Your refrigerator is defrosting just fine, that why it is leaking on the freezer floor and kitchen floor. But you either have a clogged defrost drain so the water can not drain out of the drain trough or more likely on this model a burnt out heater on the drain trough that will need to be replaced. I did one of these about 18 years ago and you have to disassemble the back wall of the inside of the freezer and remove a panel on the rear of the box to access the wiring connections [ more than 40 Phillips head screws ] there may be a wiring diagram on the rear of the toe plate or somewhere under the front of the refrigerator, Good Luck.
Your refrigerator is defrosting just fine, that why it is leaking on the freezer floor and kitchen floor. But you either have a clogged defrost drain so the water can not drain out of the drain trough or more likely on this model a burnt out heater on the drain trough that will need to be replaced. I did one of these about 18 years ago and you have to disassemble the back wall of the inside of the freezer and remove a panel on the rear of the box to access the wiring connections [ more than 40 Phillips head screws ] there may be a wiring diagram on the rear of the toe plate or somewhere under the front of the refrigerator, Good Luck.
philr
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For the model number, try FPI-19B-64, you should get more luck!
If you need information from the manual, email me at the address in my profile and I'll send you some.
If you need information from the manual, email me at the address in my profile and I'll send you some.
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