Water in bottom of Fridge – Hotpoint RFA70

[WestonDave]

We inherited a Hotpoint RFA70 fridge freezer when we bought this house. Its been fine for 5 years but we are now getting repeated instances of the drain from the fridge blocking and leaving water in the base of the fride. The drain is clearly freezing as it passes the back of the freezer as defrosting the freezer resolved the problem. The latest defrost has only cured the problem for 2 weeks, freezer has no great ice build up and yet the drain is blocked again.

Is there a cost effective solution to this – it seems strange that the problem should develop after so many years unless the insulation on the freezer is failing (which presumably is pretty terminal) and letting the drain freeze. Given its unknown age, I’m wary of spending money on a call out if the end result is going to be a trip to freezer heaven anyway.

[kwatt]

Re: Water in bottom of Fridge – Hotpoint RFA70

You are likely correct in that the insulation failing is the most probable cause if the machine is a fair age and, there’s no easy way to cure that I’m afraid.

I wouldn’t have expected it on a machine that’s only five years old but, stranger things.

Other than that, about all you can do is turn the temperature up a little and hope it stops.

K.

[WestonDave]

Re: Water in bottom of Fridge – Hotpoint RFA70

Thanks Kwatt – unfortunately we don’t know how old the fridge is – we acquired it in September 2006 when we bought the house (previous owner going into sheltered accom, didn’t need the white goods). The house was on the market by Easter 2006, so its likely the fridge-freezer was here before that, so its at least nearly 6 years old. The online copies of the manual date at July 2003, so it could be nearly 10 years old.

Its only on “3” out of 5 temperature settings, so it not up high. On the basis of your advice and its unknown heritage I think we’ll cut our losses and go for a replacement. We got it for free so its not like it owes us anything.

Thanks again.

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