GE side-by-side fridge - water leaking from of the freezer, water to the fridge is off. Where is the water coming from?

For the last 4 months, I have had the water line disconnected because of ice build up in the bottom of the freezer. That wasn't the problem. Solved the situation last weekend 10/20/11.

Here's what I did.1) unplug refrigerator for a couple hours. Off load freezer contents to a cooler. Turn off water line if still connected.2) Using a hair dryer, melt ice build up in drain hole.

Located in the rear of the freezer (inside) approx in the middle of the bottom. Takes about 15 mins. Keep dry towels handy for mopping up.

The drain usually clogs up from food or debris falling in the drain hole.3) Pull refrigerator away from the wall and remove bottom insulation panel( cardboard), panel is approx 5" x 30". Only the section directly behind the lower freezer needs to be removed. Just a few screws.4) Tilt refrigerator against the wall, so that you can see the bottom freezer section.

There's a black 1/2" drain tube going from the drain hole (underside) to a drip pan. It's approx 1 ft long. It's fastened to drain hole with a pinch clamp.

Remove hose or tube. 5) Blow the tube out and clear obstruction. In my case it was a piece off cardboard from an ice cream box.6) Re-attach tube with clamp and place the other end of tube in the drip pan.It usually just sets on drip pan top with no fastener.7) Reassemble back insulation and set refer upright...plug in.

Connect water line. You should be good to go.It's been a week and there's no ice in the bottom anymore. Plus, I thought my crushed ice /ice cube dispenser motor was broken.

It hadn't worked for 5 months. After above performing the above process, it started working again...an added bonus. Apparently, when drain hole clogs ,the ice build up prevented the motor from turning.

All is well now and everything is working. The whole process took about 2-3 hours. You'll need an extra person to help lean refrigerator against the wall....Good Luck...You can do it too!

Cablefish .

I just fixed this problem. Here's what I did. Take everything out of the freezer including the shelves and the plastic food bin at the bottom.

Take the plastic cover off that covers the light by lifting it up. Remove the light bulb. You'll see a plastic white panel that covers the back of the freezer with two screws in the top.

Remove the screws and pull the panel off. You'll see the condenser coils covered with a light frost (maybe some ice) and at the bottom left you'll see the drain hole (probably covered with ice). You'll need to get a hair dryer and melt the ice (or just let it melt).

Pull the refrigerator out from the wall and remove the metal cover on the bottom that houses the compressor (about 5 or 6 screws). On the right hand side you'll see a white plastic tube that drains into the pan at the bottom of the freezer. It curls to form a trap (like on the sink) and in my case it had lint from behind the refrigerator that clogged it.

There's a clip that holds it in place. Just pull down on the hose and pop it out of the clip. Likely it has some lint in it that keeps it from draining into the pan.

Go to the sink and blow it out. Vacuum the lint out of the refrigerator (be careful there might be water in the pan). Replace the hose and panel (make sure you put the clip back on the hose.

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1 The water is from condensation. If the water from it is draining onto your floor, then that indicates that your refrigerator is not level. You have to adjust the legs on the bottom until the fridge is level.

After that, the water should drain the way it's supposed to & not end up on your floor. Hope this helps. Bonnie .

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