Hotpoint FFM90A Freezer Ice Build Up

[Whammer007]

My wife has been nagging me about ice build up on the floor of our FFM90A. She has to break it up and shovel it out at regular intervals, she also complains the the freezer door seal sticks to the body of the freezer at one or other corners when she opens it.
I don’t know if it’s ice build up that’s causing the seal to stick, or the seal that’s causing the ice.
I emailed Hotpoint who advised that it may be a “drain” problem and would need an engineer call out. Any ideas what could be causing these symptoms? And where the “drain” may be located?
Both fridge and freezer temps are as normal, and I haven’ had any other trouble up till now.
(sorry for the double post, I originally tagged this onto an old post)

Regards,

Col

[Whammer007]

Re: Hotpoint FFM90A Freezer Ice Build Up

Hi all,

I decided to have a look for this drain the Hotpoint peeps were talking about, so I swatched off the freezer and removed all the drawers.
I removed what seemed to be a false back in the freezer compartment, and this exposed the cooling/heating elements and also the sensors fan and drain hole.
The cooling assembly had hardly any ice on it, but the drain was blocked by an ice plug. I removed the plug and found that the capacity of the hole was minimal, prolly about a couple of tablespoonfuls.
Anyway, I drain the hole and refitted the panel. I then turned the freezer on and waited for the temperature display to settle in a few hours. When I went back to it, it was alarming and showing a temperature in the freezer of 6c. I opened the freezer door, and as far as I can tell, it’s much colder than that.
Any ideas what’s happened here? As far as I’m aware, I haven’t disturbed anything, and nothing was intentionally moved.
I took a few snaps of the internal gubbins if anyone can help me identify the components.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Col

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Hotpoint FFM90A Freezer Ice Build Up

Is the fan running at the rear of the freezer compartment ?

Dave.

[Whammer007]

Re: Hotpoint FFM90A Freezer Ice Build Up

Hi Dave,

The problem with the temp display is now sorted, it was apparently a “defrosted” warning although not in the documentation. I pressed the leftmost control button and it cancelled it, the freezer is now at the correct temperature.
I think however, that the ice build up problem will continue as the water really has nowhere else to go.
I may pull it out to see if anything else is visible from the back.

Regards,

Col

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