Whirlpool French Door Freezer Ice Build Up Once A Month

It started frosting up on the back panel of the freezer icing up around the fan making a horrible noise caused by the ice build up behind it.

Whirlpool french door freezer ice build up once a month.

I have a whirlpool model wrf560smyb01 that s about 3 years old. If the water pressure is sufficient use a multimeter to check for power to the water inlet valve. A neighbor of mine has a french door whirlpool fridge model wrf535smbm00 that is currently only cooling the freezer to the same temperature as the fridge. To unclog the drain you should first unplug the unit from the wall.

Pour hot water down into the drain hole until you see the water dripping into the drain pan under the refrigerator. Whirlpool french door fridge model wrf989sdae ice dispenser leaking water and ice is melting now the top pull of freezer drawer is not freezing the big bottom drawer is still freezing. Whirlpool has released a drain tube kit to that is an improved design to the defrost drain tube to keep the defrost drain from clogging and freezing up on some whirlpool kitchen aid jenn air maytag and amana refrigerators with the freezer on the bottom single door and french door. There is a clump of frost about the size of a head of cauliflower but not as thick maybe 2 in the upper right hand corner of the freezer.

If the ice build up is only happening in the freezer the freezer drain is probably clogged. At some point over a period of 8 hours especially if the fridge is not running the freezer temperature should move from about 4f up to 34f or thereabouts. Fitzpatrick my whirlpool bottom freezer french door fridge starting to build up ice on the evaporator coils after 11 months of buying the fridge. If it does this and the ice is not melting enough before the fridge starts again the build up will occur.

French door refrigerator bottom freezer. The repairman said that it s the control board that needs replacing because the fridge was not defrosting every 8 hours or so like it s supposed to.