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One of the most common problems seen with frost-free is drain freeze up. This is usually caused by the defrost drain clogging, and then freezing. On older units, it can also happen when the insulation around the drain gets 'ice-logged', as it often does over the years, causing ice to build up inside the drain. The first symptom is usually water under the crisper drawers or on the floor of the refrigerator section and it will appear as a nifty slab of ice on the freezer floor. Before the solution is found, this was a frustrating problem that was hard to keep from recurring. These are quick and easy way of Refrigerator Repair Fairfax VA. Just cut a piece of #12 copper wire about 6 inches long and bend it around a 1/4 inch round rod. A screwdriver shaft works well for this, but any 1/4 inch dia. piece of metal will do. They look like this: NowAppliance Repair Alexandria VA is not so difficult just keep a handful of copper 'drain heat exchangers' in the truck, and use a dozen or two most summers, when humidity is highest and these drains have to handle the most water. . Some use a radiant heater inside a glass tube, with which you can use this method, but you must carefully bend the hook on your copper wire to the diameter of the glass, being sure it puts no pressure on the glass. This heater is responsible for melting all that frost that we don't have to deal with since the advent of Frost-free units, and it glows a dull red during the defrost cycle, so there's plenty of excess heat for our purpose. One precaution of Refrigerator repair falls church VA is to hang this piece of copper *loosely* over the defrost heater. Don't squeeze or crimp it on, or you risk damaging the heater.

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One of the most common problems seen with frost-free is drain freeze up. This is usually caused by the defrost drain clogging, and then freezing. On older units, it can also happen when the insulation around the drain gets 'ice-logged', as it often does over the years, causing ice to build up inside the drain. The first symptom is usually water under the crisper drawers or on the floor of the refrigerator section and it will appear as a nifty slab of ice on the freezer floor. Before the solution is found, this was a frustrating problem that was hard to keep from recurring. These are quick and easy way of Refrigerator Repair Fairfax VA. Just cut a piece of #12 copper wire about 6 inches long and bend it around a 1/4 inch round rod. A screwdriver shaft works well for this, but any 1/4 inch dia. piece of metal will do. They look like this: Now Appliance Repair Alexandria va is not so difficult just keep a handful of copper 'drain heat exchangers' in the truck, and use a dozen or two most summers, when humidity is highest and these drains have to handle the most water. . Some use a radiant heater inside a glass tube, with which you can use this method, but you must carefully bend the hook on your copper wire to the diameter of the glass, being sure it puts no pressure on the glass. This heater is responsible for melting all that frost that we don't have to deal with since the advent of Frost-free units, and it glows a dull red during the defrost cycle, so there's plenty of excess heat for our purpose. One precaution of Refrigerator repair falls church va is to hang this piece of copper *loosely* over the defrost heater. Don't squeeze or crimp it on, or you risk damaging the heater.

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