Ice collects on the bottom of my frost free woods freezer

A frost free fridge or freezer has a heating panel that is switched on for a short time at the end of each cooling cycle to melt any frost that has formed over the evaporator.
The resulting water droplets are channeled through a drain to be collected in a tray mounted on the motor where the heat from the motor will evaporate it.

The drain of your freezer is probably blocked and has caused an ice build up. You will probably have to at least partially thaw and de-ice in order to find the drain and clear it. This is especially difficult as cold plastic is very brittle and easily broken. Great care is needed when clearing the drain as it is possible to dislodge the drain tube and if unnoticed it will saturate the insulation and render the freezer inefficient at best...

The defrost water from the melted frost (ice) collects in the bottom of the freezer. If there is no plugged up drain, then you must remove the water manually with a sponge and bucket after a defrost cycle.

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Frost Free Freezer have an automatic defrost, which is essentially a heating element which melts any ice. If your door seals are in poor condition or something is preventing the door from sealing the ambient air may be melting the ice more than the drain can accommodate. Check the drain in the bottom of the freezer. Humidity can also cause more water to accumulate, especially if the door seals are not sealing.

Frost free fidges are supposed to stay frost free because the automatically defrost regularly. When they do this they may drain water down to the bottom of your fridge. Look for a tray that catches this water underneath the unit. Make sure yo keep it emptied. If you live in a very warm climate you may be getting a lot of humidity inside. There may be a switch that you can change for lower moisture.

Frost free does not mean no frost ever anywhere. It just means that there is a mechanism to defrost the evaporator on a regular basis. If there is a spot where frost is forming in the box it may just mean that a little bit of moisture that is not collected on the coil may be finding another cold spot to stick. The area where the fan blows into the cabinet is bound to be the coldest spot in the freezer therefore an ideal place to collect frost. Check the level of the unit and your door gasket to be sure the door is closing tight and true.

yep sounds like you have a bloked drain, u may have to pull the freezer apart inside to fix it

Has this thing a separate frezer and cooler compartment.
Have tried to completely defrost and clean that thing.
At times like in airco's the pinch valve for the cooling process to effect (expansion) is stuck frozen, or very seldom broke.

I have a Woos's frost free freezer and it keeps getting ice in the bottom what can I do to stop this?

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