Your problem could be caused by a number of things, you could have a clogged drain pan or tube. this can get clogged with ice and when your defrost heater comes on to melt this ice, it isn't allowing it to drain so it goes into the bottom of you fridge and of course out. the ice build up could be caused by a bad defrost termination switch, or possibly a faulty defrost heater. i would remove the panels at the back of the freezer section to expose the fan and drainage, this will tell you if there is ice building up or not.
Your evaporator coils frost up in normal use
and every eight hours or so the entire unit shuts down and the defrost heater
comes on to melt the frost. This cycle last about 20 minutes. The melted frost
drips into a drain pan and through a drain tube to the drain tray under the
freezer/refrigerator where it's evaporated by the condenser fan.
Your drain tubemay be stopped up with ice at the upper end
because it drains too slow because it's stopped up at the lower end in the
evaporator pan under the unit at the floor. It can get dust and mold in it.
Once you get the ice out at the top a little pressure with a turkey basterwill usually clear it out. Flushing
it out with hot water and clorox may help. Make sure it drains quick enough to prevent
refreezing. . The drain should be located below the evaporator coils on the
lower back of the freezer.
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